Dresden, Germany

New painting line started up

Electronic assemblies are increasingly being protected with a coating for current applications in order to increase the climatic resistance of the assemblies. This is intended to increase the reliability of electronic systems and extend their service life.

The Cicor Deutschland GmbH site in Dresden commissioned a new production line for the automatic, selective coating of assemblies in March 2024. The centrepiece of the line is the MYSMART MYC50 coating system by MYCRONIC AB. It has various application valves for the application of paint and sealing materials. Cicor Deutschland in Dresden is thus able to carry out both large-area and difficult painting of assemblies efficiently and precisely in the working area (X/Y/Z) of 530x380x70mm. Maximum process reliability is achieved through the use of continuous paint flow control, laser needle measurement and fully automatic control of the paint application width. The integrated laser height measurement of the substrate also helps to optimise the coating application.

The set-up process of the coating line is designed for efficiency. This means that the paint can be processed directly from the original container without any further transfer processes. In addition, the conveyor belt width of all systems in the production line is automatically adjusted when the product is changed.

The coating system has an interface to the ERP system. It is therefore able to track the batches of coating materials to be used and check their validity in terms of material and expiry date.

In addition to the technical process parameters of the production systems, the health and safety of the employees is also very important to Cicor Germany. For this reason, when procuring the coating line, the decision was made in favour of systems that are fully encapsulated and each equipped with a powerful and monitored extraction system.

Thomas Schönfeld
Process Engineer, Cicor Deutschland GmbH