Our reference list below provide an overview of 50+ porcelain enameling projects with personal involvement of Ronald Ditmer, while working respectively for Ferro (Holland) BV, Smit Ovens BV, Smit Sinus Enameling BV, Nordson Corporation and/or Ditmer Trading & Consulting BV.
Please note that this reference list may be incomplete, due to requested confidentiality for projects currently in progress.
Case stories
Below some examples of our projects
Witnessing installation of enameling equipment-Customer asked us to witness the installation of new enameling equipment at their factory in order to assure that the job is done in time & according to specifications.
Wet enamel preparation-Concept engineering, procurement and installation of various wet enamel preparation equipment
New enameling plant for Weber-Stephen-Ditmer Enameling Technology BV has assisted Weber-Stephen with the design, installation & commissioning of a large powder enameling plant for grills in Zabrze, Poland.
Major furnace repair completed-During the annual holiday season, we managed to strip down & renew the entire hot zone of an old Ferro enameling furnace with 14 radiant tubes within 14 working days.
Replacement of radiant tubes-Assisted a customer in the United Kingdom with replacing all radiant tubes of their vitreous enameling furnace.
Troubleshooting enameling operations-Large manufacturer of enameled cookware experienced substantial rework & reject rates and asked DTC to assist with troubleshooting their enameling operations.
Offline powder enameling plant for boilers-In January 2003 Nordson Benelux B.V. delivered upon request by Senter together with a consortium of four other Dutch companies, a complete boiler enameling plant based on Ferro’s electrostatic dry powder enamel technology to Leov Company in Veles, Macedonia in order to replace their environmental unfriendly galvanizing process.
Enameling plant for cooker components-Conversion from traditional batch to continuous operated enameling plant OEM had a classical batch operated wet enameling plant, which equipment was due for replacement. Wished to explore latest process & equipment technology and considers the implementation of continuous operation and electrostatic powder application.
Enameling plant for electrical water heaters-Case story about the definition & implementation of an industrial enameling plant for electrical water heaters An OEM of electrical water heaters aimed to reduce the cost price of their products, while improving its lifetime. Wished to switch the watertank substrate from copper to mild steel with porcelain enamel coating.