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The fourth issue of ALIT Academy Magazine features a very interesting article on how to optimize the costs of chemical paint stripping processes, an overview of our new spray system for metal passivation – Drizzling – and a few interesting articles that showcase life within the company.

ALIT has always stood out for its dynamism and flexibility thanks to a careful and constant study of the market and its needs. Our mission is to always absorb the market’s requests, make them ours and then offer the best solutions.

This is the case of Drizzling, our new application process for the chrome-free passivation of metal products. Drizzling has been developed by listening to the market’s needs. This cutting-edge technology allows to apply a pollutant-free passivating solution to the manufactured items, ensuring an easy and steady chrome-free performance.

In addition to Drizzling, in this issue of the magazine we will also discuss a very important current topic: energy saving.

The increase in energy costs, as well as the continuous increase in chemical raw materials and waste disposal costs, have pushed us to tackle and develop alternative methods to use paint strippers compared to what is considered a standard.

We will showcase the advantages of combining the use of chemicals at lower temperatures, with stirring systems as well as with spray and ultrasound systems. Suitable products with different technologies will allow companies to achieve excellent results minimizing, at the same time, the operating costs.

Finally, in the pages of the magazine you will find as always, a few accounts of the everyday life within our company. As our employees are as special as much as their families, we thought of letting our children experience a day at the company. During the preparations for the Aluminium 2022 trade fair in Düsseldorf, we enlisted the help of the children to build a Lego version of our Fastrip machines, which we then showcased at our booth to show visitors how the systems are made. This experience was wonderful and there was a lovely synergy between parents and children during the workday. We will certainly repeat this experience in 2023.

We wish you a good reading and, most importantly, a Happy New Year!

Read the full magazine: https://www.alit-tech.com/alit-academy-magazine-en/n-4-august-2023-3/

December 21, 2022. Our offices will remain close from December 26 to January 6.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, we remind you that regular business activities will resume on January 9.

The third issue of ALIT Academy Magazine features the products and technologies that will be presented at Aluminium 2022.

Despite this very difficult period due to raw material costs, war in Ukraine and political instability in several countries, the industrial market is still responding very well so far. Generally, pandemic restrictions seem to show a downward trend from last year, letting us hope they will not affect the market for next fall/winter. Next fall, we will be also actors at the ALUMINIUM trade fair, which will be held from 27 to 29 September 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

After several years of forced stop, we can finally come back to be exhibitors at this important fair, a long-awaited event and mostly, a milestone for the entire chain of the aluminium market. For this reason, this issue of ALIT Magazine wishes to be mainly addressed to ALUMINIUM fair.

The original installation for chemical stripping of hooks and frames, FASTRIP ISP, born in 2014, has been totally renewed and enriched with several features adopted during these years of developments and experience in the market. We were pioneers in this project, always focused to improve the process, both from a mechanical and chemical point of view and at the same time, improving the filtration system. Today, the FASTRIP ISP stripping tank has reached a high degree of efficiency, it is easier to use and offers high standards of results also thanks to development of new paint strippers such as METALSTRIP 1465.

We have recently developed an additive product to be used along with caustic soda solutions for extrusion dies cleaning. The product differs from other products on the market thanks to its several features: it has been developed to keep the process management as simple as possible; it allows to keep the bath temperatures under control, thus extending the lifetime of the baths by monitoring the dissolution of the aluminium. It is therefore a cost-saving product that enhances the caustic bath lifetime.

In this issue we will show you how paint stripping can help companies to recover paint-defective items on high quality finished products, such as aluminium doors. A real support to companies, especially during periods of significant loads of work.

Finally, ALUMINIUM will be the perfect opportunity to introduce an important ALIT development: Drizzling!

Drizzling is our new application process for chrome-free passivation metal products. It is a spray process that allows solutions to be applied through the atomisation of a fine mist capable of wrapping the item, especially developed for 7-metres vertical lines for aluminium profiles. This system has been developed to reduce water consumption after the passivation stage and, most of all, allows to apply a pollutant-free passivating solution to the manufactured items. This ensures an additional assurance for the customer, who can count on a chrome-free product’s performance always being at its best.

In conclusion, we are once again ready to show you several innovations, as well as applications of our processes and products.

We look forward to seeing you in Düsseldorf, if only to offer you a good glass of wine!

Read the full magazine: https://www.alit-tech.com/alit-academy-magazine-en/n-3-august-2022-2/

ALIT Technologies is pleased to announce that it will be among the exhibitors of Aluminium, which is set to take place from 27 to 29 September in Düsseldorf, Germany.

ALIT Technologies will be among the protagonists of Aluminium, the leading trade show for the aluminium industry and its main fields of application, including automotive, mechanical engineering, building and construction, aerospace, electronics, packaging and transportation.

From 27 to 29 September the ALIT team looks forward to meet you at the Messe Düsseldorf exhibition centre, booth 7AC05, to introduce you to the chemical paint stripping products and technologies (and much more!) that make the ALIT brand known and appreciated all over the world.

In particular, visitors will be able to learn about the new developments that have made the FASTRIP ISP chemical paint stripping system for hooks and frames even more efficient process-wise, as well as the new additive – developed specifically for the aluminium extrusion industry – to be used along with caustic soda solutions for die cleaning. The product differentiates itself from other solutions on the market for its ability to keep the process management very simple and maintain the bath temperatures under control, thus extending the lifetime of the baths and lowering operating costs.

Aluminium will also be the perfect opportunity to present Drizzling, a new chrome free passivation process for metal products. With Drizzling, it is possible to apply the solutions through the atomisation of a fine mist capable of completely enveloping the item, even in 7-metres vertical lines for aluminium profiles. This system makes it possible to considerably reduce water consumption after the passivation phase and, above all, to apply a passivating solution to the pieces that is always fresh and free of pollutants: a further reassurance to the customer, who can count on the non-chromic product’s performance always being at its best.

To officially celebrate the return of this important trade fair and all the innovations that we will showcase, we invite you to join the ALIT team for a Happy Hour with Durello and Grana Padano on September 27, 5 pm.

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.