News and Innovations for Body Shops and Paint Facilities 2022

SEHON focuses on customized energy concepts, energy saving, energy optimization, energetic renovation, and sustainability in body and paint shops.

To this end, the company offers a wide range of products and services for the new construction, conversion, and modernization of paint shops and painting systems. These include energy-saving unit technology, year-round heat recovery with consistently high efficiency, operating mode-dependent energy management, various energy-saving modules, high-performance filter systems, LED lighting, intelligent controls, and the integration of regenerative and alternative forms of energy.

According to Tiemo Sehon, these are just a few features that can reduce energy costs for customers while simultaneously increasing quality: “Based on the symbiosis of high-tech and green technology in plant engineering, we have steadily developed the efficient and energy-saving energy supply of paint shops with our system partners. Today, we offer solutions for heat and electricity for the entire operation (process plants, hall areas, office areas). Energy-saving and sustainable up to complete energy self-sufficiency.”

The Swabian plant manufacturer relies on full service. This includes, for example, initial consultation, assessment of the energy situation, creation of an energy concept, a profitability calculation, obtaining permits, coordination of peripheral trades, installation of the new energy center, operator instruction, plant monitoring, as well as maintenance and service.

Depending on the budget, technical requirements, and individual wishes, SEHON customers save up to 60%, 80%, and more energy. According to SEHON, some businesses even achieve energy self-sufficiency, meaning these customers can resell the energy surplus generated in the business, i.e., feed it back into the power grid. For SEHON, it is important that reference businesses can be named where the offered energy concepts have been successfully implemented.

A model for sustainability is the new paint and body center of the Graf Hardenberg dealership group in Karlsruhe, equipped by SEHON. There, 100% of the electricity and 75% of the heat energy are produced in-house, so they do not have to be purchased. Another positive effect: the operation saves around 380 tons of CO2 annually.

SEHON has also specialized in the energetic renovation of existing systems – including non-Sehon systems (third-party brands). Tiemo Sehon says: “Since every body and paint shop is set up very individually, an on-site assessment of the current situation is necessary in every individual case. Ultimately, it is not just about savings, but also about an investment. And it is about possible subsidies that can be used to co-finance energy-saving measures.”

SEHON has further expanded its CAMELEON body workstation program. The well-known flagship CAMELEON PREMIUM has been expanded to include the ECONOMY and E-STATION models. ECONOMY is the more affordable version of the high-end PREMIUM model. E-STATION is a special workstation for e-mobility.

For many body and paint shops, the new price- and budget-oriented, but fully functional and safe CAMELEON variant ECONOMY for 1-, 2-, or multi-station solutions should be particularly interesting. A key difference from the premium model is that the extraction and safety technology is not permanently installed but is provided via mobile devices.

Car bodies today consist of a combination of different materials such as steel, aluminum, carbon, magnesium, or plastic. While bodies used to be made exclusively of steel, the share is now below 50%.

High safety requirements exist for working with different materials. Improper handling of connections, e.g., steel, aluminum, and carbon, can not only lead to contact corrosion on the vehicle but, above all, to dangerous dusts, vapors, and other chemical-physical compounds.

Tiemo Sehon: “To avoid damaging the health of employees, to ensure safety at the workplace, and to protect the business, CAMELEON is the safe and functional solution for all work on steel, aluminum, or multi-material mix bodies. With CAMELEON, not only steel bodies but also bodies made of aluminum or in mixed construction methods can be processed ergonomically, economically, and above all safely at a single workstation without loss of time.”

SE-HYDROPLUS is the new innovative humidification system from SEHON for painting systems, dryers, preparation areas, and post-reaction rooms. This system is the micro-fine and cost-effective alternative to traditional steam humidification.

The micro-fine humidification system offers the following advantages:

• Dust-free environment through hydrosizing of the process air
• Possibility to add anti-static fluid
• Cooling effect in the effective area through evaporative cooling
• Advantages in the curing of paint layers, for both base and clear coats
• Fast switching on and off of humidity
• Monitored and controllable humidification process through sensors, controllers, and PLC control
• Frequency processing for better function and well-being of the operators
• Remote maintenance capability

SE-HYDROPLUS works in combination with the well-known SEHON AIRPLUS system and/or with hydrosizing over the entire surface by means of special ultra-fine nozzles.

Although tap water is the most monitored foodstuff, its quality and composition are not sufficient for use in painting processes (e.g., due to lime and other deposits). Process water – regardless of the type of humidification – must therefore be desalinated and demineralized beforehand.

As an option, SE-HYDROPLUS water can be sterilized, antibacterially treated and/or frequency-directed. Pure water through osmosis and sterilization!

SE-HYDROPLUS can be used in almost all rooms of a body and paint shop for climate optimization.

Retrofitting with SE-HYDROPLUS is possible not only for all existing SEHON systems (with and without SE-AIRPLUS) but also for third-party brands.

SEHON MOVE IT is a new innovative transport and maneuvering system for vehicles such as cars and vans.

This allows vehicles in workshops, body and paint shops, car dealerships, and showrooms to be moved conveniently and emission-free (Zero Emission) from A to B.

The system is available in various versions for manual or electrically driven vehicle maneuvering (towing and pushing). The vehicle displacement can take place in all directions, both longitudinally and transversely. Operation takes place at the ergonomically correct, comfortable height.

SEHON sees its system as a particularly cost-effective, sustainable, convenient, and universal transport and maneuvering solution compared to existing maneuvering products, which can be used without problems in practically any business.