Light and high-precision

22.03.2022

Extremely low weight, improved productivity and increased service life – these features will be making Oerlikon Barmag’s GP451C paint metering pump stand out at this year’s PaintExpo, taking place in Karlsruhe (Hall 3, Stand 3235) between April 26 and 29. Developed especially for increasingly compact robot arms deployed in paint and lacquer systems, the pump enables efficient, high-precision paint application in automobile production, in the aerospace industry and in the manufacture of components for generating renewable energy, for instance.

The Oerlikon Barmag paint metering pump is easily adapted to the production systems’ periphery. Foto: Oerlikon

Paint application is frequently one of the most challenging manufacturing processes. Growing requirements in terms of the durability of end products demand highly-efficient paint and lacquer systems that apply paints and lacquers perfectly with regards to both look and feel, ensuring they provide the toughest and most wear-resistant surfaces possible. Oerlikon Barmag has been producing gear metering pumps for metered surface coating and painting since 1985. The high-precision pumps allow the paint and lacquer system atomizers to carry out their task reliably. 

Long service life and extreme flexibility
Coming in at less than 1,000 g, the GP451C excels as a result of its particularly low weight. This considerably reduces the wear on the arms of the painting robots used. “The GP451C’s already low weight can be additionally reduced if produced by means of additive manufacturing”, explains Thorsten Wagener, the Sales Manager responsible for pumps. “The innovative technology permits total design freedom when adapting the pump to the production system’s periphery”, he continues. 

The pump has a wide speed range (20 - 240 rpm), hence covering a large application area, which means that manufacturers do not have to deploy several pumps of varying sizes. At the same time, they save time and costs for product conversion, logistics and parts inventories.

The DLC wear-protection layer and the use of ball bearings considerably increase the pump’s service life. Furthermore, the pump is clearance volume-optimized in design, which dramatically shortens the required purging and product conversion times, hence helping to increase productivity.

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