Company History
The company was set up in 1990 as the Galatek Technik v.o.s. public company. Since its inception, the firm has provided services related to the technologies and equipment necessary for surface treatment work as well as those required for safeguarding the environment.
Initially only offering a consultation and engineering design service, we subsequently decided to branch out as a response to clients’ requirements and business results. Our provision became much more far reaching and covered manufacturing, installation as well as maintenance and servicing.
Following a rise in orders, the firm’s owners turned Galatek Technik v.o.s into Galatek spol. s r.o., a public limited company which retained all the assets, rights and liabilities held under its former name. Another change occurred in 1998 when the company achieved joint-stock status. The reasons for this were to create more favourable business conditions for the firm and to place it in a more advantageous and credible position by increasing the capital to CZK 10 million - a move allowing Galatek to maintain its current clients and reach out to new ones.
Areas of Business:
- Design of construction projects for industrial and technological companies
- Consultation on management of technologies, surface treatment equipment, ecological matters, and general engineering
- Manufacture and installation of machines for various purposes including surface treatment
- Other trades outside of those specified above
Certificates
All supplied equipment complies with technical terms stipulated in the Technical Requirements for Products Act, No. 22/97 Coll., as subsequently amended. Moreover, products conform to CE Conformity Declaration and legislative requirements in relation to air, as stipulated in Air Preservation Act, No. 86/2002 Coll., as subsequently amended. Galatek a.s. possesses certificates of approval and declarations from state administrative bodies, which are required by these authorities when manufacturing and delivering items. In 1997, the company adopted a quality control system that has been systematically developed ever since. Three years later, in the year 2000, a system of environmental management to protect the environment was introduced.
Currently, requirements of the following standards are applied: ČSN EN ISO 9001:2001 ed. 2 and ČSN EN ISO 14001:2005
CONTINUOUS LINES
Continuous painting lines are integrated systems of machinery capable of high production, which administer a final treatment to surfaces in either liquid coating or plastic powder form. The process can either be manual or fully automated. Every single line is customised to suit a client’s needs in relation to capacity required, the technological process and the end quality of the coating.
Continuous painting lines vary depending upon the technology requested and are made up of various constituent technological systems. Examples of these are spraying machines for grease removal and phosphatising; devices for electrophoretic painting; booths for applying liquid coatings or plastic powder, which also contain application kits; drying, curing or hardening ovens; as well as volatile and cooling tunnels. The surfaces of components treated in the lines are conveyed via various transport methods.
A number of completion systems accompany the delivery of each painting line. Their main purpose is to ensure high quality levels are achieved by the technological process and to meet with legislative requirements. Such systems include water treatment plants, air-conditioning and ventilation systems, systems for catching or disposing of organic solvents, stations for producing demineralised water, plants for preparing chemicals and paints, and complex regulation and control systems. The final design of each particular line is dependent upon the capacity required, the optimised and tested technological process and, last but not least, the quality demanded of a resultant finish.
Continuous lines that we have manufactured in the past include various operational plants with differing levels of technological complexity, such as those suited to the demands of automotive industry.
Major clients are:
- ŠKODA AUTO a.s.,
- AUTOPAL s.r.o.,
- DURA Automotive CZ s.r.o.,
- AC LAK s.r.o.,
- TVD a.s.,
- METRA a.s.,
- Moeller Elektrotechnika s.r.o.,
- DAIKIN s.r.o.,
- ATMOS
- and many others.
SPRAY BOOTHS
Paint booths for the application of liquid water-based or solvent paints are designed for surface treating large components and complete products. The skeleton of the booth is made of either galvanised sheet panels or insulated panels, or may be built from bricks as part of the structure. It also contains lighting and a folding or a louvred door. An exhaust air ventilation system, which filters solid excess paint elements from the exhaust air, and an air supply system, with fine filtration of the air, are supplied as standard in a quality corresponding to resultant finish requirements. Furthermore, all necessary wiring and an appropriate control system are comprised with the booth.
Should the operation of a booth require it, it will be supplemented with various manipulation systems. These include operator platforms ranging from the simplest manually movable platforms to ones with controlled and pneumatically powered triaxial travel. To facilitate handling with treated components, the booths come with added jacks, positioners and other conveyor devices.
General air exhaustion from the work area of booths, or from sections of it, which is replaced by clean filtered air heated to a preset working temperature, is afforded by a block built air-conditioning unit. These contain exhaustion and feed ventilators with heating blocks for a choice of heating media. Systems for heat recuperation or units for supplying moisturised air are optional extras. Due to hot air being circulated in the booths, they can be used to facilitate paint drying.
In order to meet emission limitations in exhaust air permitted by legislation, paint booths contain systems for retrieving or eliminating organic solvents, the extent of which depends upon the consumption and composition of paint used. Applying a final surface finish to a wide variety of products and components of many sizes and shapes is possible in our paint booths. Naturally, a factor affecting this is the end quality demanded.
It is notable that major clients with the greatest demands tend to work in the automotive and aviation industries, as well as in bus manufacture and production and railway vehicle maintenance. Amongst their number are:
- ŠKODA AUTO a.s.,
- AERO VODOCHODY a.s.,
- KAROSA a.s.,
- SOR Libchavy s.r.o.,
- ŽOS Trnava,
- ŽOS Zvolen,
- ČKD Vagónka,
- Bombardier Transportation,
- DP Praha,
- KOS Krnov,
- ŽOS Česká Třebová
- and many others.
MANUAL WORKPLACES
Manual workplace comprises a wide range of budget-priced equipment designed for application of powder plastics or liquid paints, thinned with water or solvent, on components in small-batch to single-part production.
This range of booths covers those used for applying plastic powder coatings. They are made of polished rustproof material and feature filtration cartridges and can be fitted with a host of optional extras. Exhaust air is passed through a dual filtration device and then conveyed back into the work area. The booths can be used for all types of plastic powder coatings administered by the electrostatic or electro kinetic application methods (the Tribo system).
Drying units are designed for drying components following grease removal, and for drying and curing surfaces of liquid paints. Ovens are used for hardening plastic powder coatings. These are made of custom built thermally insulated panels and are available in many sizes.
The heating aggregates in drying units and ovens can be adapted for all kinds of heating media. Microprocessor control systems monitor and smoothly regulate temperatures of up to 230 ˚C, and also allow for precision timing of the technological process.
Suction walls for spraying water-based or solvent-based paints with a dry multi-stage system for catching solid emissions can be equipped with a system capable of catching organic solvents in accordance with legal regulations.
Suction walls can be furnished with air exhaust and air supply systems if they form part of a complete delivery of a painting facility.
SURFACE PRETREATMENT
Preparatory work on surfaces is conducted by water solutions comprising degreasing, phosphating, chromating and passivating agents, which are subsequently rinsed away. Our technological processes have been successfully proven in tests to comply with all necessary operational, environmental and sanitary requirements. Chemical substances are used in low concentrations and are then recycled. Continuous cleaning processes ensure that preparation baths benefit from a long service life.
Spraying machines moving through the booths facilitate fully automated surface pre-treatment in mass production. Inside spraying tunnels, treated parts are gradually degreased and phosphatised, which is followed by several stages of rinsing. Other processes can follow this and are dependent upon technological requirements. The machines are fitted with a bath cleaning device, chemical dosing and a waste water treatment unit. Automatic monitoring allows for checking of operational parameters, meaning that they can be operated unmanned. Such machines are made of either rustproof material or plastic, with different methods for bath heating.
Degreasing booths with partial circulation of exhaust air from work areas are designed for preliminary surface treatment of sizeable components or for plants of a lower capacity where specialised equipment cannot be used. Grease removal, or a combination of degreasing and phosphating, is carried out by spraying a high-pressure system gun manually. A strong cleaning effect is attained by the pressure and temperature in which the rinsing water is applied; this solution contains a chemical agent. The washing fluid is constantly cleaned and recycled, making the process highly economical.
Our high-tech rinsing systems are very economical and minimise the consumption of water and chemical agents but remain extremely effective. Waste water is treated either by a manual or automated water treatment plant, with the resulting output suitable for releasing into sewers and drains.