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SMARTCOATER: The most versatile roller coater solutions from CEFLA

Smartcoater Evo is the most versatile roller coating machine, suitable for various types of materials and processes, which can be used either as a stand-alone machine in small plants, or in-line within complex coating plants.

Smartcoater Evo is designed for roller coating panels and flat furniture doors. It is available in a range of configurations: with fixed or self-levelling floating head, with automatic longitudinal and transverse adjustment, ideal for working with panels that are not perfectly calibrated. The applicator rollers and dosing assembly can be fitted with different types of cleaning blades to allow the use of various coatings. Lastly, the Smartcoater Evo control board is equipped with a touch screen for management of all machine parameters.

The equipment payback is very fast, as past CEFLA customers have found. This is primarily because the amount of lacquer used in the CEFLA roller coating system is, on average, one tenth of the amount used by the spraying method. Although UV lacquer is typically twice the price of PU based lacquer, this still means the cost of UV is one fifth of the price of PU.

There are many other benefits too, but looking at the lacquer costings, according to CEFLA, when compared with a solvent-based PU lacquer, the UV lacquer costings make good commercial sense – see box below.

Smartcoater features:

  • Wheeled machine for fast removal from line
  • Pneumatic lifting for floating effect and emergencies
  • Fast cleaning system for troughs, side scrapers and roller scrapers fully removable
  • Total visibility of the most frequently used components inside the machine

Smartcoater configurations Available:

Smartcoater MF Evo:
Single or double head roller coater with reverse doctor rollers. Suitable for application of primers and top coats.

Smartcoater SP1 Evo:
Roller coater/filling machine. Combined roller machine suitable for roller coating or for application of low-density fillers on porous woods, inlaid panels, paper and irregular veneer joints.

Smartcoater LaserRoller Evo:
LaserRoller twin head roller coater.Suitable for perfectly smooth application of high quantities of primers as well as glossy and matt top coats. Valid alternative to curtain coater application.

Smartcoater M Evo:
Single or double head roller coater for application of stains, sealers and primer coatings.

Smartcoater SP Evo:
Heavy duty filling machine for application of high viscosity fillers.

Smartcoater REVERSE Evo:
Twin head roller coater with second REVERSE application roller, for applying high quantities of high viscosity primer coatings.

Smartcoater M Evo + Smartwiper 2C:
Roller staining machine with one staining head and two outfeed brushes for antiquing.

Smartcoater 2M Evo + Smartwiper 2C:
Twin head roller staining machine for wet-on-wet application of stains, sealers and primer coatings.

Aquadry is an in-line, highly efficient system for drying mainly water-based paints. The line utilises a combination of high speed hot air and high radiation capacity IR lamps.