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pladur® coil-coated steel for durable, cost-effective, and attractive housings

Organic coil-coated steel pladur® for housings of heat pumps or other housings or claddings of heating, air-conditioning or ventilation equipment.

Coil-coating materials for housing manufacturing – the superior alternative to piece-by-piece coating

Choose pladur® organic coil-coated steels from thyssenkrupp Steel for the production of various steel housings for indoor and outdoor climate control, heating, and ventilation equipment, as well as for electric vehicle charging station housings, wall boxes, or pedestal housings for electromobility.

Whether in the manufacturing process or in the design of metal housings, the benefits of using pladur® coil-coating material are manifold. The production process becomes more cost-efficient, shorter, and less complex, eliminating the step of piece-by-piece coating and all associated activities (including procurement, storage, and disposal of coating materials). The choices for surface and appearance are diverse: whether glossy or matt, colored, textured, or UV-resistant, even custom specifications can be achieved with pladur®.

Our high-performance pladur® composite material is available as a strip, slit strip, or sheet, depending on the requirements for decorative and functional surface properties, with various coating materials such as liquid paints, films, or paint/film combinations.

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Organic coil-coated material solutions for the housing industry

pladur® organic coil-coated steel for housings of solar applications.
pladur® organic coil-coated steel for housings of solar applications.

With our organic coil-coated pladur® sheet, we offer you the starting material for efficient production of top-quality steel housings, depending on your requirements for corrosion protection, formability, functional and attractive surface, temperature resistance, or UV protection.

And for your climate protection ambitions, we also supply coil-coated pladur® products as bluemint® Steel – to significantly reduce your carbon footprint.

Coil-coating products for housings – advantages at a glance:

  • Ease of processing: Our coil-coated steel can be shaped into any form − without compromising quality.
  • Cost-effectiveness: Be it sheet or strip, compared to classical individual coating of piece goods, you save time, storage, and production costs while ensuring top quality.
  • Sustainability: We manufacture coil-coated products from flat carbon steel in an environmentally friendly and resource-saving manner. What is more, this steel is 100% recyclable.
  • A wide range of surfaces: We offer paint and film surfaces from deep matt through high-gloss, smooth, or with a light or pronounced texture down to custom designs − in almost every conceivable color.
  • Functionality: Our products are resistant to corrosion and UV radiation, durable, robust, and easy to clean.

Coil coating: Bright prospects for the solar and energy markets

thyssenkrupp Steel has been Europe's coil-coating specialist for more than 60 years. The organic coil-coated steels of the pladur® brand are ideally suited for use in the energy and solar sectors. Dr. Janek Wysoglad, product manager and expert for coil-coating products at thyssenkrupp Steel, goes into detail.

Mr. Wysoglad, what advantages does the coil-coating product pladur® offer, especially for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry?

The advantages are indisputable: cost-effectiveness, efficiency, quality, workability, and sustainability for a wide range of surfaces. Our pladur® is already the optimal solution for enclosures and coverings in various applications, meeting high standards for corrosion protection, aesthetics, and functionality for many years. This includes applications in construction, industrial buildings, household appliances, commercial vehicles, and garage door manufacturing.

We're talking about over 700 different color shades, which we offer in various surface finishes. These represent in the highest level of refinement in thyssenkrupp Steel's portfolio, consisting of a composite material made of a steel substrate, hot-dip galvanization, and the organic coating. Additionally, the coil-coating process is one of the most sustainable coating methods available. This is due to the outstanding ratio of coated surface area per minute to solvent emissions, improved energy balance through heat recovery from burnt solvents, nearly 100% application efficiency, and reduced water consumption.

Your contact when it comes to organic coil-coated pladur® steels: Dr. Janek Wysoglad, Product Manager and Coil-Coating Expert.
Your contact when it comes to organically coil-coated pladur® steels: Dr. Janek Wysoglad, Product Manager and Coil Coating Expert.

What makes organic coated pladur® steel so interesting for the solar and energy market?

Up to now, components for these industries have been coated in a time-consuming process, which means additional time, storage, material, and production costs for our customers, among other things. Thanks to coil coating, the customer receives a product with a finished surface that has been coated in an environmentally friendly manner, is available in many different color shades and surface variants, and is directly suitable for further processing. True to the motto "finish first, fabricate later," our customers can shorten their production processes by the coating step and thus simplify them considerably. An innovative alternative for the industry, in our opinion. And the exchange with customers at the Intersolar trade show in June 2023 reinforced our assessment. Housings for wallboxes, air-conditioning, or heating units, as well as transformers and storage units for solar applications – our organic coil-coated flat carbon steel pladur® can be used for all these and many more products.

The advantages are obvious: the use of coil-coated steel compared to piece painting saves costs and ensures a shortened and smooth production process.

Dr. Janek Wysoglad, Product Management Industry, thyssenkrupp Steel

How can we best meet the requirements for materials used in housings and coverings?

Our pladur® portfolio is ideally suited for the HVAC1, solar, and energy industries. Currently, we are exploring ways to optimize it to precisely meet customer demands in housing manufacturing. For instance, we can respond to new surface requirements such as colors, textures, and effects with our custom coil-coated material solutions. We can also meet specific protective requirements and already offer pladur® in the CO2-reduced bluemint® Steel variant. In short, we are already working closely with our customers in initial discussions to define the requirements for specific cladding elements. For us, the transformation towards a carbon-neutral future is a significant opportunity, and we want to support our customers on this shared journey with the best materials and our expertise.

1Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning.

Our pladur® variants for housings in the heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation industry as well as e-mobility and solar applications:

Organic coil coating

In coil coating, flat carbon steel is continuously coated from one or both sides simultaneously. For this purpose, the galvanized steel coil is first uncoiled, wet-chemically cleaned and pretreated in the inlet of the line so that the coating can bond optimally to the strip. Several coatings can then be applied and dried in a single pass through the line. In addition, protective mechanisms for further processing can be provided in a post-treatment step, for example by laminating a film. Finally, the strip is wound back into a coil, packaged, and prepared for customer shipment.

Coil coating is faster and more efficient than piece or part coating, resulting in higher product output and shorter lead times. In addition, application takes place on a continuous belt, resulting in a more uniform and less defective surface due to defined surface parameters. Coil coating is therefore also one of the most sustainable coating concepts of all.

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