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industry. Parts2clean will promote systems and equipment for individual parts cleaning and functional surface cleaning, as well as for batch processes, even in the cleanroom. The criteria for selecting the ideal cleaning process include the spectrum of parts, contamination, the material or combination of materials, part geometry and cleanliness requirements. The most suitable processes are wet-chemical cleaning, blasting, plasma or laser cleaning and shock-wave cleaning. The use of modern automation and handling systems such as robots allows for quick adjustment to varying

components and changing requirements within the cleaning process. The inspection of component surfaces for cleanliness is also a significant factor for quality-oriented manufacturing. Quality assurance and analysis systems for inspecting surface cleanliness will also be topics addressed by the exhibition. fairXperts GmbH – Germany

Technology/Electronics Medical Technology. The company’s core business is machine tools for flexible sheet metal processing, punching and forming, laser processing and bending. In the field of industrial lasers and laser systems, the company is a technological leader on the world market. With about 50 subsidiaries and branch offices, the Group is represented in almost every European country, in North and South America as well as in Asia. With more than 7,800 employees, production locations can be found in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, China, Taiwan, Mexico and the USA. Trumpf Group – Germany Fax : +49 7156 303 6115 Email : harald.dickertmann@jp.trumpf.com Website : www.trumpf.com and Cleaning – the underrated factor in production An exhibition to examine the crucial area of parts cleaning during production will take place from 28-30 October 2008 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre, Germany. Parts2clean will enable visitors and exhibitors to address the considerable quality and cost optimisation potential that can be gained from the parts cleaning process. This is often an underrated area of the production process. On average, 27.5 per cent of the production time required for manufacturing a cylinder head for a 4-cylinder diesel engine goes to cleaning, and manufacturing costs amount to 6.6 per cent. Thus the cleanliness of components is not only a quality feature, it also plays an essential role as a factor in the value added chain. The proportion of production time and costs for cleaning is considerable for many components. Cleaning time comes in at roughly 10 per cent for an auto body frame component made of steel, and the expenditures amount to about 5 per cent of total manufacturing costs. This figure can be as high as 25 per cent for ball bearings (statistics supplied by the Market and Trend Analysis division of the Fraunhofer Alliance for Cleaning Technology). Production cleaning issues affect a vast range of industries – especially the automotive

Fax : +49 7025 8434 20 Email : info@fairxperts.de Website : www.parts2clean.de

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