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Dürr to introduce innovative color changer on Hanover fair

04/07/2008

Bietigheim-Bissingen, 07 April 2008 - With the EcoPurge LCC color change system, Dürr will present an innovative technology on the Hanover fair 2008 that leads to reduced paint losses and shorter process times during the color change.

In the automatic painting installations of automotive manufacturers and subcontractors, the paints for the painting must be provided flexibly in the color desired by the customer. For this, a purgeable color change system is needed. The color change must occur quickly, paint losses must remain minimal.

With the new EcoLCC color changer, each color is activated by means of docking to the relevant paint valve. The EcoLCC does not have any common paint channel anymore. The paint hose leading to the paint atomizer has the same length for all paint colors, paint carryover or the intrusion of paint through defective valves are technically impossible.

The paint color changer is usable with basic technology and high performance for all paint and charging systems in the exterior and interior painting in new systems and for reconstructions. It can be designed variably for 12, 24 and 36 colors.       
Due to the very flat design, up to 24 colors with color circulation or 36 colors with stub and dosing pump on the robot arm 2 are possible for interior painting for the first time, also for 2-component paints. The color change times are reduced to less than 10 seconds while the paint loss per change process is reduced to less than 10 ml. Dürr presents the EcoLCC in Hanover within the framework of the leading fair Factory Automation on the Volkswagen stand D31 in hall 16.

Dürr is a machine and plant manufacturing company group that takes leading positions in the world market in its fields of activity. About 90% of the business volume is achieved in the business with the automotive industry. In addition, Dürr supplies the aircraft industry, the engine building industry as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical industry with innovative production and environmental technology. The Dürr group acts on the market with two business areas: Paint and Assembly Systems offers production and painting technology, particularly for car bodies. Machines and systems from Measuring and Process Systems are used among other things in motor and transmission manufacturing and in the vehicle final assembly. In the business year 2007, Dürr achieved a business volume of just under € 1.5 thousand millions with about 6.000 employees. Worldwide, Dürr has 47 locations in 21 countries.