Topic: structural bonding of superstructures for refrigerated trucks, industrial process for surface cleaning, refrigerated-truck construction
Schmitz Cargobull: Refrigerated-truck construction with „Openair“ plasma
Source: Schmitz-Cargobull
We became aware of Plasmatreat's innovative technology first-time at
the international technical meeting Swiss Bonding five years ago. After
a thorough test phase, in 2003 the time had come:The first „Openair“
plasma application for the structural bonding of superstructures for
refrigerated trucks was realized at Schmitz Cargobull's.
For us it was important to replace the so far manual surface
cleaning by an industrial process. Of no smaller importance though, to
completely eliminate the possible health hazard – consisting because of
the use of organic solvents - for the employees in that area. We
attained both: due to their special characteristics, the Plasmatreat
systems could smoothly be integrated into our adhesive-application
process, and through substitution of the use of solvents, a higher
satisfaction of our employees could be obtained. Only one year later,
we equipped another bonding station with plasma systems.
But all technical „new territories“ require learning processes on
the part of the users as well as supporting accompaniment of the
developers. Plasmatreat had promised us qualified technological support
in case of a contract of purchase. This word – decisive for the
conclusion of the contract - was realized by the staff members of
Plasmatreat to our greatest satisfaction from the first day of
cooperation until today.
Two years of „Openair“ plasma at Schmitz Cargobull's. Being
responsible for the domains quality management and application
technology, I can say today: „The results are first-rate!“
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Pierick
Director Quality Control and Application Technology
Schmitz Cargobull AG
