B&T White supplies plant to Icasa

SITI-B&T Group's b&t White division is one of the major suppliers of technology to a leading player in the world sanitaryware industry. Following the excellent results achieved with the first station supplied around two years ago, the Brazilian company Icasa, based in Andradas in the state of Minas Gerais, recently started up a second robotic glazing station supplied by SITI-B&T Group.

Both systems are four-position robotic glazing stations complete with twin spray gun, screw pump and mass flow control system to constantly monitor the sprayed glaze quantity. The latest station is equipped with the exclusive BST^TM (Boosted Self Teaching) software developed by SITI-B&T Group's b&t White Division which optimises the results obtained with programs developed in self-teaching mode. This software allows a two-way link to be made between the programs in self-teaching mode and the proprietary off-line software specially developed for sanitaryware glazing. The resultant iterative procedure allows for glaze over-spray savings of more than 50% compared with consumption levels typically attained with conventional self-teaching systems.

Once the BST^TM off-line system has been tested on the second station, it may also be implemented on the existing station.