TPT May 2009

P roduction & P rocessing of A utomotive T ube

Effective coating for automotive brakepipe lines

Universal Finishing Systems, UK, has designed and manufactured a new coating and drying line for Bant Boru, Turkey’s sole manufacturer of double walled copper brazed tubes. This is the fifth international order for Universal in this sector, with previous finishing lines having been installed in Germany and Italy. Bant Boru has gained an enviable reputation for the reliability and quality of its tubing, which is supplied to the automotive sector for fluid storage, transfer and delivery pipeline for brakes, fuel and air conditioning. The tubes are also supplied as condenser tubing in refrigeration equipment. The new line at Bant Boru’s plant in Gebze, just outside Istanbul, utilises Universal’s

Supa-Vac vacuum coating system for the application of a water-based etching treatment. This is then dried with an inline gas infra-red drying system, using special cylindrical emitters fabricated to suit the application. Following application of this coating, Universal has manufactured a custom designed cartridge coating system for the application of a solvent primer coating (figure 1), which is required to ensure excellent adhesion of the final high performance PA coating. In order to dry the primer coating and convert the volatile solvent emissions into harmless gases, Universal has supplied an integrated hot air dryer/thermal oxidizing system (figure 2). “This coating line is a very efficient and environmentally friendly coating line, utilising 100 per cent transfer efficient application machines, a high speed radiant drying unit and a convective drying system, which burns off harmful solvent emissions and re-circulates the hot air for drying,” says Mr Kevin Whittle, managing director of Universal Finishing Systems.

Mr Ismail Cenker, managing director of Bant Boru, comments, “This line illustrates Bant Boru’s commitments to its customers and will enable us to respond to our customers’ demands for quality, high performance brake pipe and rapid delivery times. Plus, it helps us to be environmentally friendly and provides significant energy savings. We were delighted with Universal’s cooperation with this project and the smooth installation and start up of the line.” Universal Finishing Systems – UK Fax : +44 1244 288 102 Email : info@universalfinishing.co.uk Website : www.universalfinishing.com  Figure 2: Universal’s hot air dryer/thermal oxidizing system

 Figure 1:

The Cartridge coating system

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