How important are finishes for household appliances? More than one might imagine. Many actually underestimate this aspect. But the truth is that the objects we use every day—such as televisions, washing machines and refrigerators—owe many of their qualities to advanced finishing processes.
High-quality finishes and attractive, durable household appliances form an inseparable combination. Coating solutions make the difference, creating surfaces that are pleasant to the touch, long-lasting and visually impeccable, yet also capable of adapting to modern design requirements. All this without ever compromising functionality.
Let us consider the plastic parts forming essential elements of everyday objects, such as the bezel of an ultra-flat TV, the handles of refrigerators and ovens, or the porthole of a washing machine.
These are all components with two features in common: they must be aesthetically pleasing and, more importantly, safe and functional.
From this perspective—beyond basic engineering and design—the type of finish makes all the difference in the daily user experience. Handling, grip, perceived solidity and quality, and even the sense of seeing and touching something familiar and pleasant: all derive from the care with which finishes are applied to household appliances.
Objects that withstand the test of time can be recognised immediately. And it is precisely this feeling that most attracts consumers when making their purchasing decisions.
The only way to achieve such results is to rely on advanced spray-coating systems: composite and integrated finishing lines equipped with machinery capable of ensuring consistent quality at every stage of the process.
Cefla Finishing offers two dedicated solutions—iBotic and iGiotto App—which can also be integrated into existing coating lines.
iBotic is a Cartesian spraying robot offering new functionalities to optimise coating operations for appliance components, with tangible economic and production benefits. The machine is ideal for companies dealing with increasing customisation demands, requiring frequent colour changes. What truly sets iBotic apart is its ability to work simultaneously on parts of different shapes and thicknesses, both at a standstill and in motion, in tracking mode, and to autonomously generate ideal spray trajectories through a 2D or 3D reading system.
iGiotto App is the automatic system that combines state-of-the-art coating technologies with the high performance of six-axis anthropomorphic robots. Equipped with cVision 3D, iGiottoApp can accurately detect the position, size and shape of incoming items, autonomously generating spray paths even for heterogeneous pieces with pronounced three-dimensional shapes. In short, everything needed to achieve maximum quality for every appliance component.
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Appliance finishes: every component requires its own treatment
Finishing household appliances may require different treatments to make the product more attractive to the end customer.
Take, for example, washing machine portholes: the part to be coated is the round chrome section surrounding the transparent window.
Chroming requires application on a prepared surface that covers defects and stresses typical of plastic parts produced through injection moulding. These defects—even when small—become highly visible once chrome is applied, especially when deposited in thin layers via PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition). Coating the component prior to chroming isolates the plastic substrate and covers imperfections, achieving significantly better aesthetic results and, above all, consistent long-term quality.
Base coating as preparation for subsequent chroming can be carried out on a Cefla line composed of cleaning and deionisation systems, an Easy-type sprayer, an Ecogel tunnel for paint levelling and a UV oven for final curing.
Cefla also provides all systems needed to prevent surface contamination from airborne dust, ensuring high-quality results.
This is why we have developed a modular range of coating solutions. For us, modularity is synonymous with personalisation: machinery and software can be integrated with maximum ease; existing lines can be modified simply by replacing or adding machines to completely change the process, increase productivity, handle batches of different sizes compared to the current plant, or introduce new coating cycles. This allows appliance manufacturers—operating in an increasingly dynamic market—to remain agile and responsive to customer demands.
It should now be clear that finishes for household appliances represent a key element in combining aesthetics and durability, enhancing perceived product quality.
By offering cutting-edge technologies—from reciprocating spray systems like Mito and Easy to robots such as iBotic and iGiottoApp—Cefla Finishing stands out as the ideal partner for implementing reliable, customised coating solutions for household appliances.
Contact us to learn how to continuously improve your finishing process: our experts are ready to interpret your needs and work with your technicians to develop a tailored solution.
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