Approximately 80% of today’s kitchen cabinet doors or bathroom cabinet doors are no longer raised panels, but simple, smooth flat panels with slightly rounded edges. Essential design, which deserves high-quality coating, especially when matching the edge coating with the surface coating.

But why introduce vacuum coating technologies when the market is used to roller coating, spray coating or curtain coating? Let’s take a look at the reasons behind this innovation.

Which application are we talking about?

Ideal for 100% UV basecoats, vacuum coating with SmartVacuum deposits 100/140g / sqm of lacquer in a single step. Much less than what you would consume if you were spray coating. No solvents either, so just one stage in and out of the vacuum coater and on to flash off. This reduces costs, lead time and streamlines the coating process.

Where next?

Straight on to the edge coater. SmartEdge will then apply 100% UV lacquer to the panel’s edge using vacuum coating technology once more, achieving an excellent match between panel surface and panel edge, something which was almost impossible until now. Currently edges are slightly rounded, with a 2-3 mm radius usually; vacuum coating both sections increases panel quality and decreases process times and costs.

Sustainability also saves money

On one hand, the idea behind SmartVacuum is a means of lessening the environmental impact by preferring solid 100% UV coatings to avoid solvents. On the other hand, this positively impacts costs. Less lacquer: far less compared to spray coating, and depending on which process it is compared to. It also means less need to stock all those canisters of lacquer and solvent. It also means fewer machines: one SmartVacuum and oven to flash off followed by one SmartEdge for application on the edges.

Simplicity also means quality

By simplifying the process, the introduction of vacuum technology to coat flat panels and edges leads to superior quality. Using the same technique for both surface and edge clearly enables a perfect match which is immediately visible. Moreover, the stability of UV lacquers is better than those used currently, so the quality finish obtained will also last much longer.

If you are interested in learning more about the potential SmartVacuum offers for flat panel coating requirements, we will advise you on the best configuration and choice of consumables, based around your specific needs and business objectives. Contact us today.

We are talking about Vacuum technology that really increases the profits of producers of floors, doors, building products (wood and derivatives materials and some issue related to rockwool industries).

We’re talking about our speed process to seal the edges and reduce swelling.
We’re talking about waterproofing and hardening on the edge issue.

This is Hybrid, a dual curing system: high-speed UV drying and direct processing after application.

How can you obtain advantages?
Discover more about Hybrid!

Of course, if you say patented savings everyone wonders what you’re talking about. How can you patent a saving? Well you can’t, but what you can do is patent the way you reduce costs and if the system you design saves significant amounts in the long term, well it’s worth patenting. We patented our spray cleaning technology so you can save money.

Working with a sprayer or a robot with a belt that allows paint recovery means cleaning the belt regularly to remove any trace of the applied product. The more paint you recover, the less you spend.

If your spray cleaning system is conventional, you will not only throw away a lot of paint, but you will also use a significant amount of detergent. Conventional systems also lead to rapid belt deterioration, either through the abrasion from belt cleaner blades or aggressive solvents.

A system ensuring maximum cleaning potential recovers more paint and enables you to use less detergent during running time. Less detergent means lower operating costs, it safeguards your equipment and ensures a healthier environment. On average ruined belts are replaced monthly, meaning a full day of downtime every 20 working days. This frequency can be avoided.

Our patented spray cleaning system can be fitted to our Roctre, Mito and Easy oscillating spray machines. You will benefit from:

• increased paint recovery
• detergent consumption which drops to around 50 litres per shift
• fewer production stoppages to replace belts
• minimal end-of-session cleaning times
• enhanced production efficiency

Our response to our clients’ specific needs is based on 4 pillars. In fact, seizing the opportunities of digital printing now will make you highly competitive, because: 

1. You are flexible in relation to changes in aesthetic trends and fashion
2. You save time, reduce stocks of semi-finished goods and reduce the necessary equipment in your production line
3. You can set up a line quickly and respond rapidly to market demands
4. You offer a product that is highly customized, high-quality and durable.

Why choose Cefla? 

Because:
✓ we supply a complete line, from preparation of the substrate to the decorated and finished product
✓ we support the fine-tuning of the entire technological process, from reception of the original samples to be reproduced
✓ we support the customer in the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and experience for the preparation of final print files

Learn more about our Industrial Digital Printing solutions

With a wider use of plastic substrates, the need to enhance the look and feel of the surface of a component depends on the painting quality.

Quality can be achieved in many ways, the coatings you use, the production standards you implement, but also the choice of equipment that goes to make up your line.

Consistency and repeatability achieved by controlling technical parameters are factors that cannot be ignored. So what advice can we give you based on our experience in this industry?

Coating external doors can be done in many ways. The best way to increase output, improve the coating quality and reduce production costs is possible with just one machine.

iGiotto, with its new 3-gun wrist saves on lacquer consumption and ensures premium quality and consistency. Colour changes can be performed without even stopping the equipment, eliminating downtime. And as new pieces enter the overhead line, the software controlling the process lets iGiotto switch from one piece to the next and one colour to the next without interrupting production. This combination of benefits - ability to perform just-in-time production, full control over surface finishing quality, no downtime - merges into one major factor: superior productivity.

Today iGiotto, with its process control software, helps customers achieve production targets that were unheard of with manual spraying techniques, both in terms of quality, productivity and cost-efficiency. Spraying times are reduced by approx. 40% and there is no need for crossover trajectories. The solution is also highly flexible and vertical lines allow for coating on both sides without unloading pieces. In the future, external doors could be just one of the many applications envisaged for iGiotto.

Contact us and discuss your needs with a finishing expert.