Surface Technology

Scope / Goals

Develop specifications for surface treatment in order to reduce the integration effort for machines, installations and devices in surface technology. It deals with the integration of machines, installations and devices of surface technology

• among each other,
• with peripheral systems and
• with the the production control System.

Surface treatment machinery includes e.g. cleaning and pre-treatment machinery, shot blasting machinery, organic coating machinery, plasma surface treatment machinery.

Field of work

The field of work of the Joint Working Group comprises the sub-sectors of surface technology organized in VDMA Surface Technology. These are

• paint application technology
  Machines, installations and devices for processing of organic coating materials (liquid paint, powder paint, adhesives, sealants, etc.) e.g.
  • Paint spray-booths (EN16985),
  • application equipment (EN1953, EN50176, EN50177, EN50348, EN50050-1, EN50050-2, EN50050-3, EN50223, EN50059),
  • paint supply systems (EN12621, VDMA24392),
  • dip coating plants (EN12581),
  • paint dryers (EN1539)
• Cleaning and pretreatment technology
  Machines, installations and devices for cleaning and pretreating industrial parts with liquid media (EN12921 all parts)
• Industrial plasma surface treatment technology
  Machines, installations and devices for surface treatment by plasma (VDMA24391).
  Typical processes are PVD coating, CVD coating, plasma nitriding, plasma cleaning.
• Shot blasting technology
  Wheel- and Airblasting machinery (see EN1248, VDMA24379).
  Typical processes are shot blasting, shot peening, dry-ice-blasting.