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TLCA starts partnership with Binks for industrial coating technology
TLCA is entering into a partnership with Binks, a global player in industrial application and fluid technology. Through this collaboration, TLCA is adding Binks' extensive technology portfolio to its offering and strengthening its capabilities to guide manufacturing companies through both manual and automated painting processes.
The combination of Binks' technology and years of product development with TLCA's 25 years of practical experience forms the basis for solutions that are not only technically robust, but are tailored specifically to your application and production environment.
2K and 3K dosing systems in paint processes
Stable dosing for reproducible paint processes
In industrial coating processes, quality variations frequently occur during the mixing phase of coating systems. Automatic 2K and 3K dosing systems aim to avoid this by metering components precisely and repeatably just before application.
Robotisation in paint application: when automation truly creates value
Anyone who works with a paint line daily knows it: the biggest enemy of quality is variation. A significant portion of that variation originates from manual application. Not because operators lack craftsmanship, but simply because every human has limitations. Robots can push those boundaries – but only when the process conditions allow it.
In this article, we explain when robotisation in paint application is technically sensible, what quality benefits it yields, what alternatives exist to complete robot cells, and when an investment in robotisation actually won't help you further.
Would you like to know first where variation in your wet paint line comes from? Read our article about the 5 silent profit eaters in wet paint application.
Control over glue, wax, and thixotropic products with EcoRAM
Glues, waxes, and other thixotropic products require more control than classic liquids. When high-viscosity material is not pumped stably, it leads to pressure drops, pulsations, air entrainment, and unplanned downtime. With the Dürr EcoRAM, TLCA delivers these materials to your application process in a controlled, consistent, and uninterrupted manner.
Predictive maintenance in paint lines: less downtime, more delivery reliability
Efficient maintenance for industrial painting processes
Find out how predictive maintenance prevents unplanned downtime in paint lines and increases the operational reliability of your production.
The 5 silent profit eaters in wet paint application.
Where does your margin evaporate without anyone noticing?
In wet coating processes, costs disappear every day due to small deviations that have come to be regarded as normal. Without measurement, losses remain invisible.
To measure is to know
Stop steering by gut feeling in wet paint application
In a modern manufacturing environment, precision is the norm. Yet the wet coating line, often one of the most expensive and energy-intensive steps in the process, is still regularly driven by intuition and experience.
Peace in the Cabin: How an organised workplace prevents mistakes
Painting is precision work. A fraction too much pressure or a wrong move and the result is ruined. Yet we expect operators to deliver this perfection in an environment that sometimes looks more like an obstacle course than a professional workplace. Why order and cleanliness are not a “luxury” but a prerequisite for quality.
The Stagnation Paradox: Why your paint line is spraying less than you think
The schedule says the line runs eight hours a day. So the utilisation rate looks fine on paper. But if we look critically at the clock, we often see a shocking picture: the time that paint or powder actually lands on a product is only a fraction of those eight hours. Welcome to the downtime paradox.
