OXSILAN®: eco-friendly multi-metal process
After several months of testing, the results proved to be convincing in so many areas that the new OXSILAN® technology was adopted for use in series production already in spring 2011. For Sascha Malorny, responsible for pretreatment and painting at Mercedes-Benz in Gaggenau, much has become easier with the changeover to the OXSILAN® technology: “It used to be that the phosphating zone had to be acid-rinsed every ten weeks, which took a whole weekend each time. With OXSILAN®, cleaning of the complete facility is completed after only six to eight hours.” The zinc phosphating process also used to require a weekly cleaning of the filter system, which meant a complete exchange of the filter mats. Today, it is sufficient to rinse the filter press once a month with water since the new pretreatment technology is virtually sludge-free. (…)
