Porsche has started work on what it claimed would become one of the most modern and environment-friendly paint shops in the world at its factory in Stuttgart.
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Construction is scheduled to be completed early in 2010 and the shop will incorporate “cutting-edge technology never before used in the car industry”, according to the automaker.
The painting process features complete dust protection as it is 100% enclosed. This method not only enhances the already high quality of the vehicle paint coat but also reduces the required amount of conditioned hall air required.
A particularly innovative electrostatic precipitator for paint dust cuts the emission of solvents and particles to a minimum. The painting process is able to do without the mandatory 60m-high chimney.
This is attributed to the increased amount of circulated air and the exceptionally effective exhaust air purifier that only requires a small smokestack, which extends 10m above the roof. Another environment-friendly innovation is a highly efficient energy management system, Porsche said.
The new paint shop will be formally commissioned in 2011 and is being built directly adjacent to plant one and five on a property that previously belonged to Dürr AG, which Porsche acquired early in 2008. The paint shop will be run as a two shift operation with daily capacity of 170 Boxster and 911 vehicles.
Wolfgang Leimgruber, Porsche’s head of production and logistics, said: “With the new paint shop, Porsche is ensuring that it will deliver unsurpassed quality in Zuffenhausen – while also conserving resources in an exceptionally ecological and economical manner.”
Porsche is using local specialists for the technology. Stuttgart-based Maschinen-und Anlagenbaukonzern Dürr, as general contractor, is equipping the paint lines with the latest application technology, driers for hardening the paint as well as control and conveyor technology.
The pre-treatment system and cathodic paint dipping system with novel conveyor technology and the electrostatic separator for paint particles will be supplied by Böblingen company, Eisenmann, a sub-supplier of Dürr. In combination with a comprehensive waste water treatment facility, the technology maintains emissions levels that are many times lower than legal limits.
Porsche said it would will be the first automaker to use this technology.
