Coating or gluing of foam material

The processing of foamed material is diverse and omnipresent.

Doesn’t matter if PUR, XPS or EPS, Axel Wirth Maschinen produces machines and plants for the coating of foam material. This includes plants for the production of:

• Insulating boards or cassettes
• Mattresses
• Dashboards in the automotive industry
• Padded furniture
• Packaging
• Car seats
• Neck supports
• Vending cart production
• Caravan production

Usually it’s about adhesive application or gluing processes. For this often times the dosing roller machine type DWO is used. Especially in the foam material area, shear force sensitive glues are common. Often times this affects the dashboard-, mattress-, car seat or padded furniture industry. Therefor Axel Wirth Maschinen GmbH developed several solutions together with the glue manufacturers.

Besides the application without development of shear force, also the supply of glue is solved on a considerate level. But also in the area of insulation material we had some homework to solve.

Applying cold PU glue to glue foam material and aluminum. With an open time of 40 minutes we’re able to process the PU glues with our LW 100 and LW 120. The rubber of the rollers is specially produced, so that the PU glue’s cleaners won’t damage the rubber.

Functional coatings are often being used in the area of insulation materials, which are water-based, but has it’s drawbacks with having a fast drying and granularity. Foam material manufacturers from several countries rely on the experience and quality of Axel Wirth Maschinen since many years.

Of course you can test your requirements in our technical center and recreate your processes on our laboratory plants.

Review Domotex 2018

LED + X, the better LED!

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The Innovative LED + X dryer from "Wirth"

As an extension of our machine program, we have picked up on customer requests together with the well-known paint manufacturer Saicos and developed a NEW LED + X drying system.

Together with ingenieurs from SAICOS we analyced the needs of costumers and supliers and the result ist the new LED drying system as an ideal complement for the SAICOS LED+X Technologie.

With the new "Wirth" LED + X dryer you can now

• • Save energy
• • Avoid ozone
• • Dry cold
• • extend maintenance intervals

So far, LED hardened oil surfaces have not been competitive in properties with oxidative, hybrid or UV-oiled surfaces.

The interplay of the newly developed formula and pioneering technology in the lighting segment now leads to a result that is of high quality, energy-efficient and durable.

• Suitable for drying specially adjusted LED oils and LED paints
• Wavelength 365 Nm - others are available
• Lamp power 8 W
• Illuminants are air-cooled
• Mounted on a conveyor belt
• Length 2000 mm
• Width 450 mm
• Drive 0.37 KW
• Infinitely variable 3 - 25 m / min via frequency converter
• Tape monitoring, LED + X lamps only turn on - when the conveyor belt is running
• Disntance to the wood 25 - 30 mm

Advantages of the LED + X technology

• Minimal energy consumption
• 300 W at LED + X drying opposite 20,000 W for UV standard UV lamps
• Minimal temperature effect on the workpiece
• No more boil-up of the pigments
• No boiling of resin
• Longevity of the bulbs
• Lifespan up to 15x longer compared to standard UV lamps
• Ozone-free drying

Working width 300 mm

• Mounted on a conveyor belt with a length of 2000 mm.
• Belt drive 0.37 KW
• Total energy demand of the dryer incl. Conveyor technology is approx. 1 KW
• Working height 850 mm +/- 50 mm adjustable
• Machine frame is powder coated
• Mobile on wheels, braked

DOMOTEX 2018

12.01. – 15.01.2018
Hall 013
Stand A24 (more…)