Finishing - July-August 2022
This issue has the winners of the galvanizing industry awards, plus an update on the new Carlisle innovation centre. There is also a report from the BCF conference and a review of the Qualicoat conference with took place in London a few weeks ago. It’s great to see that in person events are taking place and that people are excited to go. Long may this continue! This issue has the winners of the galvanizing industry awards, plus an update on the new Carlisle innovation centre. There is also a report from the BCF conference and a review of the Qualicoat conference with took place in London a few weeks ago. It’s great to see that in person events are taking place and that people are excited to go. Long may this continue!
24 INSTALLATIONS The power to disinfect Bunzl are partnering with Vycel, Britain’s electrostatic disinfection technology provider, to deploy it’s ‘Vycel 4’ to the construction industry. “Bunzl recognise the fundamental difference between sanitisation and disinfection provided by Vycel Electrostatic technology," says Vycel Founder and CEO Ken Parker. Ken also runs Royalton Property Group in Guildford, which has £1 Bn of luxury property in development. Only commercial kitchens, regulated by Food Standards, are currently required to both clean/sanitise and then disinfect as a totally separate process. According to Parker: “Britain’s laws around hygiene are so archaic, that we still – in spite of a global pandemic – only require commercial kitchens, by law, to both clean and disinfect environments separately – to make them truly hygienic and take them ‘back to safe'." "Vycel is providing 'Michelinstarred' disinfection standards of commercial kitchens for the construction industry etc. "If we are now being told we all need to learn to live with the virus, we can't safeguard ourselves, employees and loved ones against future lockdowns or further restrictions with a mop." "We've got to get serious about protection. Rapid-to-deploy Vycel electrostatic disinfection technology is the answer." "Petrified staff being asked to return to work need to feel confident that they are being properly protected from viruses in the work environment. They will rightly ask, does this environment carry the Vycel mark of disinfection?" Large capital investment Rainford Solutions has announced 800K capital investment in a new, in-house electrostatic powder painting facility has just been completed at their facility in St Helens. The new plant will offer significant benefits in lead time reduction, capacity, speed, reliability, and powder coating performance. The new 950 sqm powder coating facility will house two advanced powder coating processes, line one comprising of a fully automated on-line solution, with an advanced 4 stage pre-treatment wash and encompassing the latest fast colour change powder application technology from Gema. This line will be supporting small to large production volumes with a second semi-automated bespoke line supporting prototype and project work. A significant part of this investment is with Gema, who have supplied and supported the installation of one of their advanced fast colour change solutions pictured below. Mark Corns, operations director at Rainford Solutions went on to explain, “After a comprehensive market study it was clear that the Gema was the natural fit for Rainford Solutions. Having visited several installations, Gema’s Magic Compact delivered the benefits we were looking to achieve, its robust quality and more importantly after sales service provision were also key parts of our decision making process around this investment. The professionalism and knowledge around their products through every step of the journey has been superb, from technical Parker argues that a multitude of companies from airports to hotels are misselling, making false claims that they are "99.7- 99.9% Covid safe", when in actual fact all they are 'doing is a once over with a cloth'. According to Vycel's Chairman of the Advisory Board, Marcos Angelini, the former Head of Hygiene for Unilever for 11 years says: “Productivity in the workplace is critical and Vycel is the answer." “The pandemic has made the business environment volatile and unpredictable, but also sales, design, installation and commissioning teams it has been a pleasure to deal with Gema and this further reinforced that we have made the right decision to select the industry leaders as our partner.” Paul Gamble, paint shop manager at Rainford Solutions added, “Having supported the procurement process and overseeing the installation of the new system we have been impressed with the professionalism, quality, communication and support throughout the journey with Gema. We put the Magic booth through its paces conducting multiple fast colour changes and experienced the quality off the line within hours of going live, we are delighted with the results. The booth system is equipped with fast colour changing disrupted communication and teamwork.” “Companies that properly protect their staff can bolster job satisfaction and performance,” he says. Vycel are educating corporate leaders on the fundamental need for a 2-step hygiene process in terms of protecting office environments, the same as adopted by commercial kitchens. Vycel provides certification adhesives which are being displayed on construction sites that use Vycel to protect their staff. “Ultimately, there is a fundamental breakdown in terms of understanding the difference between cleaning and disinfecting in the corporate sector,” according to Ken Parker. “Vycel in partnership with Bunzl is changing all of that”. Employees must feel safe in their workplace. If not, they can raise their concerns with their local authority, Citizens Advice or the Heath and Safety Executive. “The Vycel mark is both an assurance and insurance policy for smart construction companies,” says Parker. technology along with recycling cyclone, automatic reciprocating guns and two manual touch-up platforms and also benefits from Gema’s latest Industry 4.0 offerings. It’s the perfect match to meet our demands of highquality finished products, high degrees of automation, production efficiency and environmentally sound.” Gema’s latest Opticenter feeds the system with powder and incorporates all-in-one suction pump technology. The Optispeeder hopper features include powder level detection, and a highly automated cleaning process. These features have all been engineered to make the system as accurate and reliable as possible, whilst keeping the physical footprint low and need for human interaction to a minimum. Finishing – July/August 2022
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