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ALIT’s offices will be closed from August 8 to August 19. Regular business activities will resume on Monday, August 22.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all happy holidays!

March 21, 2022. The second issue of ALIT Academy Magazine presents the products and technologies that will be presented at PaintExpo 2022.

The time in which we are living is characterized by a fast-moving industrial market. The cost of raw materials is constantly increasing, and their availability is limited. And yet, companies do not brake: they accept, even if with some complaints, the increases, but at the same time, they start looking for alternative solutions in order to reduce costs.

For months we have been living this situation and for as many months, ALIT has been trying to adapt its procedures to keep up with the market, listening to the requests of its customers and partners and then offering concrete solutions.

This issue of ALIT Academy Magazine will be particularly rich, because we will present what we have recently developed to optimize the filtration of paint stripping baths and thus allow tangible economic savings to companies that use our products.

We will also be presenting FLUORIDITE, a new chemical product developed entirely by our laboratory team, which is essential for all companies operating in the aluminium coating sector that are experiencing problems with the fluorides limit in wastewaters.

Finally, we will be presenting a new entry to the ALIT range, ready to change the way in which we strip and recover items with coating defects: FASTRIP S, a spray machine capable of working at high temperatures (130°C) quickly and of adapting to the growth of the company thanks to its modular concept.

All these innovations fully demonstrate our expertise in the sector and, above all, enable us to welcome you to the PaintExpo 2022 trade fair in Karlsruhe (Germany) in April. It will be an opportunity to see many of you again, meet new customers and provide you with all the information you need.

Read the full magazine: https://www.alit-tech.com/alit-academy-magazine-en/n-2-march-2022/

March 01, 2022. ALIT Technologies is pleased to announce its participation at PaintExpo, the European hub for coating technologies.

ALIT Technologies, a specialist in machines and products for the chemical paint stripping of metals, will attend the 2022 edition of PaintExpo, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 26 to 29 April.

During the fair, ALIT will present Fastrip T2, the range of compact-sized paint stripping tanks equipped with ultrasound and integrated heating, and Fastrip T5, the medium-sized paint stripping tank with a capacity up to 800 litres.

PaintExpo 2022 will also be an opportunity to introduce visitors to the degree of specialization and know-how achieved by ALIT in the production of systems and products for the chemical paint stripping of iron, aluminium and silicone masking. The result of over ten years of experience and close collaboration with major players in various industries, from automotive to metal processing and coating.

All this has made it possible to develop a complete range of paint stripping systems that provide a solution to all process requirements. The range includes the aforementioned Fastrip T2 and T5, Fastrip ISP, the first and original inline paint stripping system; Fastrip S, the spray system for paint stripping, and Fastrip AP, the latest addition to the ALIT portfolio, developed for stripping aluminium profiles up to 8 meters long.

ALIT’s know-how does not stop at plant design. In fact, the company was born as a manufacturer of paint stripping chemicals with the Metalstrip range, offering customers a high added value service: specific consultancy on the right product to be adopted based on the paint stripping machine in use and the process requirements. This entails a competitive advantage in terms of the useful life of the chemical product, process efficiency, repeatability of results and, last but not least, environmental sustainability.

ALIT Technologies looks forward to meet you at PaintExpo, Stand 3525, Hall 3.

November 15, 2021. ALIT Technologies is pleased to present the first issue of ALIT Academy Magazine.

The first issue of ALIT Academy Magazine is available. ALIT Academy Magazine is a new communication tool to allow you direct access to our latest innovations and know better the people who make the magic happen every day.

The idea of ​​this magazine, linked to the ALIT Academy project, comes from the desire to actively engage with our partners, in order to keep them updated on everything that is happening within the company, from internal dynamics to the development of chemical products and new plants. Therefore, the aim is to transfer as much information and knowledge as possible to grow together and ensure a higher degree of preparation to tackle any market need.

The first issue opens with the “Letter to the readers” by the CEO of Alit Technologies, Loris Rossi, and continues with technical articles dedicated respectively to METALSTRIP 2011 and the FASTRIP AP paint stripping plant. Finally, the last pages will be dedicated to the most recent news and to the “The word from the team”, a section dedicated to our team, which aims at giving them a platform to speak out and, at the same time, allow you to learn the latest news from our team.

Each new issue will be released every four months. The first issue is available at the following link: https://www.alit-tech.com/alit-academy-magazine-en/alit-academy-magazine/

Enjoy the reading!

June 10, 2021. The paint stripping of defective products is an essential step of a manufacturing process, and being able to carry it out in complete autonomy means bringing important benefits to the production chain. The new Fastrip AP system enables to strip aluminium profiles up to 8 metres long: in about three hours, defective profiles can be stripped, rinsed, and delivered ready to be reprocessed again.

ALIT Technologies, specialised in the chemical paint stripping of aluminium, zinc, and metallic alloys and headquartered in San Bonifacio (Verona, Italy), has developed Fastrip AP, a compact off-line plant that enables small batches of aluminium profiles to be stripped quickly. This technological solution will enable to recover defective profiles without any loss of productivity. Like in-line chemical paint stripping plants devoted to hooks and high-performance, low-environmental impact chemical formulations, the new Fastrip AP system can be integrated into already existing processing lines or installed as a stand-alone system, possibly integrated with other ALIT paint stripping technologies. Fastrip AP is a paint stripping system suitable for all aluminium manufacturers, extruders, converters, or custom coaters, who will thus be able to restore badly painted profiles efficiently, cost-effectively, quickly, and without burdensome logistics.

Technical features of Fastrip AP

The Fastrip AP paint stripping system can accommodate 30 to 70 aluminium profiles up to 8 metres long. In just 3 hours, the material is ready for reprocessing, significantly reducing the time required by the production chain. It is a compact system with two tanks (one for the stripping, one for the static or dynamic rinsing) – with a usable cross-sectional area of 50 cm x 50 cm – and a loading and unloading station. The operator can approach the plant with a wheeled basket containing the material to be stripped, similarly to what is done with immersion pre-treatment plants. The machine automatically hooks up the basket, lifts it, and starts the first cycle in the paint stripping tank, which contains ALIT’s environmentally friendly alkaline paint stripper Metastrip 1333/1. The machine’s handling system allows continuous “swinging” (i.e., a quiet vertical movement of the basket), which increases the performance level of the paint stripping bath. At the end of the cycle, the operator can assess the cleanliness degree and decide whether to continue with the paint stripping process. The system then automatically transfers the basket to the rinsing tank, where the swinging movement continues. Finally, the basket is transferred to the unloading station, which also includes a drip tray.

The paint stripping tank has a variable temperature (between 45° C and 60 °C) and it is equipped with a lid. Its heating system is electric and the heating elements are fixed to the outer wall to prevent contact between the heat source and the liquids, in order to guarantee maximum safety against any risk of fire. The tank is also set up for air suction at low hertz if the lid is closed, but able to increase frequency once it is opened; emissions must then be channelled into a fume abatement system. The tank is ready to connect to a suction system, which can be either already existing at the customer’s factory or supplied separately by ALIT.

ALIT Technologies is currently concluding the latest internal tests of Fastrip AP’s prototype system. After fine-tuning, the system will be made available to customers, who can see and evaluate it in-person at the San Bonifacio site.