Surfaces for the mobility of tomorrow.

„Becau­se effi­ci­en­cy is key “ — this mot­to is reflec­ted in our port­fo­lio of diver­se, cus­to­mi­zed solu­ti­ons for prac­ti­cal­ly all types of sur­face tre­at­ment. Effi­ci­en­cy is also the key issue in the mobi­li­ty of tomor­row. We at DECKER play a key role in many of the­se deve­lo­p­ments.

Effi­ci­en­cy means speed. And that deter­mi­nes suc­cess or fail­ure. Pro­ces­ses such as the mar­ket launch of the BMW iX are pre­cis­e­ly timed. Anyo­ne wis­hing to sup­p­ly parts for this new flag­ship in the Bava­ri­an pre­mi­um manu­fac­tu­rer’s e‑fleet must adapt pre­cis­e­ly to the requi­re­ments and the sche­du­le. Like a sup­pli­er com­pa­ny in Slove­nia that sup­pli­es com­pon­ents for atta­ching the bat­tery tray. The pick­ling and pas­si­v­a­ti­on sys­tem requi­red for this has a very indi­vi­du­al requi­re­ment pro­fi­le — it needs a lot of expe­ri­ence, quick com­pre­hen­si­on and fast and strong imple­men­ta­ti­on skills. The com­pa­ny from Slove­nia found a part­ner that meets all the­se requi­re­ments in us.

Into the new age of mobility with DECKER

We move a lot in terms of mobi­li­ty. Be it ful­ly elec­tric start-up cars, renow­ned brands such as AUDI (e.g. the Q5 etron) or the elec­tric car from Munich — they are all jet­ting into the new age of mobi­li­ty with parts that owe their spe­cial sur­face pro­per­ties to an immersi­on in DECKER sys­tems.

In Slove­nia, this pick­ling and pas­si­v­a­ti­on sys­tem con­sists of two modu­les that are 14 meters long, 2.90 meters high and 2.85 meters deep: opti­mi­zed dimen­si­ons for truck trans­port. After deli­very in May, our team com­ple­ted the quick instal­la­ti­on on site. The sys­tem is loa­ded and unloa­ded ful­ly auto­ma­ti­cal­ly by robot.

In this spe­ci­fic case, a local „pre­fer­red can­di­da­te“ of the cli­ent took over the auto­ma­ti­on. „Tha­t’s one of our strengths — we can also inte­gra­te exter­nal spe­cia­lists who under­stand their job into our sys­tem at any time,“ says DECKER Mana­ging Direc­tor Bern­hard Hil­li­ges.

Broad portfolio for numerous applications

Motor­cy­cle cylin­ders, elec­tric car com­pon­ents and even parts from Air­bus landing gear (as instal­led in the A 350): The con­nec­tion to mobi­li­ty is clo­se and inten­se for us. Howe­ver, it is only one of a who­le ran­ge of pos­si­ble appli­ca­ti­ons. Drums for the con­s­truc­tion indus­try are an exam­p­le of this. Ano­ther demand is now flou­ris­hing again after the coro­na­vi­rus rest­ric­tions: sili­con etching sys­tems for the Chi­ne­se mar­ket. „We may be invol­ved in modern vehic­les seve­ral times over: Through com­po­nent sur­face tre­at­ment and becau­se the sili­con for the instal­led chips comes from one of our sys­tems,“ says Hil­li­ges.

Pho­to BMW: glo­bal press/BMW; Pho­to air­plane: Ado­be Stock