Digitalization in paint systems makes businesses successful
At SEHON, innovative paint systems have been helping to expand and secure the competitiveness, efficiency, and innovative strength of body and paint shops for many years.
With SEHON paint systems, digitalization makes a significant contribution to achieving greater efficiency and productivity through automation, speeding up processes, and minimizing potential sources of error. This leads to substantial cost savings, especially in energy costs (heat and electricity), and conserves resources (sustainability).
“Our system technology is regarded as leading in the industry,” explains Tiemo Sehon. “This is due, among other things, to the maximum degree of digitalization in our products, processes, and services. Paint booths with AI-supported robotic painting are another milestone that we have implemented for our customers.”
Tiemo Sehon also points out that many of the system functions and capabilities offered by SEHON are not available at all, or only partially, from other providers. This applies in particular to energy savings and energy management for the entire operation. For this reason, it is advisable to take a close look before a new build, a retrofit, or a modernization, compare offers, and make decisions based on figures, data, and facts.
A selection of features illustrates the high degree of digitalization in SEHON paint systems and paint technology:
Control system
The brain of every paint system is the control system. Today, programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are used, which are programmed on a digital basis and regulate and coordinate what happens in the system as well as in machines and other devices. The more complex the functions of paint booths and dryers are, the more sophisticated, intelligent, and high-quality the control system must be. In addition to the classic basic functions, SEHON systems offer, among other things, a fully automatic air-pressure regulation system, various energy-saving systems, and a frequency-controlled, fully automatic air management system. The systems are operated and controlled via an intuitive, central touchscreen panel.
Online service
SEHON’s digital online service enables continuous real-time monitoring of the system technology installed at the customer’s site. Potential malfunctions can thus be located and resolved in no time. The encrypted transmission of data takes place via VPN routers, which enable secure remote access and protect against data theft.
Unit technology
SEHON uses highly efficient, energy-saving unit technology with integrated heat recovery. Part of this technology is operating-mode switching without pressure fluctuations. The intelligent system automatically detects whether the paint booth is in standby mode or whether painting, flash-off, or drying is taking place. Supply air, exhaust air, and energy demand are then adjusted fully automatically.
Filter technology
Perfect filter technology is crucial for high paint quality and clean exhaust air. To meet these two parameters, a required filter change is displayed, for example, via the control panel.
Heat recovery
Year-round heat recovery with rotary heat exchangers, in combination with the control system and filter technology, ensures a stable, continuous efficiency of over 70%.
Energy management
SEHON’s energy management system (EMS) is a combination of software, hardware, and processes. It records, analyzes, and controls energy flows in businesses that SEHON equips with state-of-the-art energy technology for electricity and heat (such as CHP units, heat pumps, and photovoltaic systems). This reduces energy consumption, minimizes costs, and continuously improves energy efficiency.
Digitstore
SEHON’s Digitstore is an automated, digital storage system for controlled storage, goods dispensing, and inventory management of small parts and consumables in industrial, commercial, and craft businesses. Using DigitStore can reduce material consumption by up to 50%. The integrated software provides a continuous overview of stock levels and withdrawals. Reports for management, purchasing, accounting, or controlling are generated in real time. If required, orders can be triggered directly with the supplier of the goods and parts stored in the DigitStore.
Aircommander
The Aircommander is a high-end device for conditioning spray and paint air. It enables better surfaces, lower paint consumption, higher throughput, and significantly less finishing work. It ensures finer atomization and a smoother flow-out of the paint, less dust and dirt, and significantly less overspray. This increases quality and saves valuable resources.
Repair of electric vehicles
Cameleon Systems from Sehon are workstations, safety technology, accessories, and workshop equipment for the safe handling and repair of electric vehicles. The ultra-modern safety package alone, with key components such as gas sensors, concentration measurement modules, fine dust detectors, and required extraction systems, would be unthinkable without digitalization. The system measures pollutant concentrations around the clock in the relevant work and workshop area and triggers an audible and visual alarm if limit values are exceeded. All important data is recorded and stored.
Robotic painting
The new generation of SEHON paint systems, the AI-REVOLUTION, are paint booths for AI-supported robotic painting. The AI-REVOLUTION is particularly suitable for painting individual items (batch size 1) and small series, for example in craft businesses such as automotive paint shops or in industry. Key advantages in terms of AI and digitalization are scanning, data capture, data processing, and real-time implementation. It is a self-learning system that requires no teaching. The AI-REVOLUTION enables fully automated painting processes.
“Our system technology and our services,” Tiemo Sehon summarizes, “make a significant contribution to the digitalization of body and paint shops. We guarantee maximum efficiency, perfect processes, and significant cost savings. In this way, our systems make a major contribution to our customers’ success and future viability.”
Author: Michael Teschke | Photo: SEHON.
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