E. Josefsson, POWDER PAINTING OF TRUCK-CABS - HELPING TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT (REPRINTED FROM ABB-REVIEW, 1996), Industrial robot, 24(2), 1997, pp. 144
Explains how, four years ago, Scania, one of the world's leading manuf
acturers of trucks and buses, decided to invest in a more environmenta
lly friendly method for painting truck cabs. Describes how the solutio
n chosen for a new paint shop at Scania's assembly plant in Oskarshamn
, Sweden was powder painting based on robots from BBB Flexible Automat
ion. States that paint robots are easy to operate and the quality of t
he coating is higher and more uniform than with conventional paint spr
aying. In addition, a more agreeable, non-hazardous working environmen
t is created for the paintshop personnel.