Coating & Laminating MRO service for drag chains
The gigantic plant for contract coating from includes several drag chains, which are inspected and serviced by the manufacturer as part of its maintenance service
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OB-Wessling Oberflächenveredelung operates the largest special
plant for contract coating in Europe. In a workshop of around 22,000 square
meters, hanging cranes provide fully automatic transport for the parts weighing up to 9.5 tons. The gigantic plant includes several drag chains from KABELSCHLEPP Metool, which are inspected and serviced by the manufacturer as part of its exclusive maintenance service. This allows WOB to reduce risks and prevent downtimes. WOB mainly takes on cathodic dip coating (CDC) for commercial vehicles and for large automotive and machine components. The coating process is lengthy and comprises several stations. m
A hanging crane system equipped with six large drag chains from KABELSCHLEPP Metool transports the large, heavy components from station to station. “The cable carriers from KABELSCHLEPP
Metool have a high quality. But even the best product is not immune to wear,” Sebastian Hüer points out. “To be on the safe side, we have now been using the MRO service from KABELSCHLEPP for some time.” Currently, the WOB plant is inspected annually. During this process, the engineers put all drag chains through their paces – they move the drag chains along the entire length and examine the cables and wear parts. Any defects, risks or optimisation potentials are identified and recorded for the customer in detail. In
addition to this, the technical condition of all cable carriers is evaluated. On request, the work carried out is documented in maintenance reports which the customer can then use for their in-house quality management or for certification purposes. The inspection is flexibly adapted to the
customer’s schedules and requests: The engineers work at any time of day or night, including weekends and public holidays: ideally whenever the customer’s systems would be at a standstill anyway. So the downtimes can be easily planned in this case – a good compromise, if this means that unplanned downtimes, including unforeseeable financial consequences, can be prevented.
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New coating launch supports brand sustainability D
ataLase has launched a new functional coating for corrugate packaging to further help brands
achieve their CSR packaging goals. The new water based flexo coating, WBF
6101, extends the capability of the DataLase Case Coding solution and enables laser coding and marking of both white and natural kraft (brown) corrugate boxes. This innovative white-to-black laser reactive coating is an alternative solution to traditional labelling of logistical information onto corrugated boxes.
A highly efficient and sustainable way to apply variable information such as shipping
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information, GS1 Barcodes, batch/date codes and check-weigh information on to corrugate boxes, the new laser printable coating is a viable alternative to high resolution inkjet, waxjet and print and apply labels. Importantly for the environment, it eliminates waste and single use plastics from the supply chain. A typical print and apply label produces
backing waste with a silicone release coating and thermal transfer ribbon waste which consists of plastics, waxes and resins; both are multi-material and ultimately classed as non-recyclable. Mark Naples, chief sales and marketing
economy initiatives, such as the UK Plastics Pact, by removing single use plastics from the production environment.
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officer at DataLase, says, “Packaging sustainability and single use plastics are front of mind for brands today, with an ever increasing number displaying their commitment through publicising 2025 sustainability targets. We estimate that for every one million typical shipping labels used (100x150mm or 4inch x6inch), approx. 300km of unnecessary backing waste is produced.” DataLase Case Coding aligns with circular
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