Tullis Russell, Bollington, Cheshire
E&B worked closely with KROENERT to facilitate the purchase of a new Coating Line that was installed at Tullis Russell Security and Speciality Coating, in Bollington, Cheshire. The installation of the upgrade to their coating capabilities was managed by KROENERT, assisted by Engelmann & Buckham. The state-of-the-art coating line has been tailor-made for Tullis Russell’s impressive 18,500 m2 manufacturing plant to fulfil their current and future requirements.
“This equipment has significantly enhanced our ability to offer new solutions for advanced coatings servicing the market for functional layers.” Matt Littler, Business Development at Tullis Russell.
Hamburg based KROENERT, class-leading coating machine manufacturers, were asked by
Tullis Russell for a bespoke solution that would replicate the output of their existing equipment, whilst providing flexibility for entry to new markets. The result is a line that is designed to handle up to 2.1m wide substrates ranging from thin gauge films to high gsm paperboard and to apply thin
and viscous aqueous coatings.
Two coating stations and two drying tunnels allow Tullis Russell to coat both sides of a substrate (or two layers on the same side) in one pass, giving maximum flexibility at web speeds many times the speed of the existing coaters. The trolley-mounted coating head design allows for five different coating technologies including variations of curtain coating.
Two years on, Tullis Russell’s Operations Director, David Roberts, comments on the contribution that the KROENERT line has made to the business as it serves the High-Performance Coating sector.
“The line enables us to achieve a major increase in productivity on our existing products. We now have several options available as we choose the coating technology to suit the application and highly efficient drying and cooling allows sustained elevated speeds.
Tullis Russell enjoys fault-free production, high overall operating efficiency and the new coating technology has replaced old methods without loss of product character and quality. The line’s versatility handles new applications as they emerge so there is considerable growth into new sectors. A very positive impact on Tullis Russell coating capabilities.”
Dave Roberts also considers the relationship between the three companies to be strong:
“Both KROENERT and Engelmann & Buckham are on hand with excellent support for both routine and development needs”.
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