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Humidity control is vital in automotive production. It reduces dust and static, improves surfaces, ensures clean paint application, stabilizes engine test conditions, and boosts quality and efficiency.

Prevents dust

Prevents airborne dust from being attracted to the surface of the bodywork

Reduced static

Air humidification prevents static (ESD) and boosts production efficiency above 40% RH.

Evaporation control

Prevents paint evaporation, ensures even coverage, adhesion, and smooth film.

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Car spraying plants

Maintaining 72% relative humidity ensures water-based paint reaches the bodywork as intended, preventing evaporation and reducing paint dust. This improves finish quality, lowers sanding needs, and cuts paint costs by avoiding losses. Spray booths are usually served by central air handling units with in-duct humidifiers. High air flows require low-energy systems such as spray, evaporative, or gas-fired steam humidification.
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Engine testing

Exhaust emission testing requires precise temperature and humidity control, to ensure accurate results. Humidification and dehumidification must maintain tight tolerances throughout this range. Electric steam humidifiers provide precise control, while gas-fired steam, evaporative, or in-duct spray systems offer a lower-cost, lower-maintenance alternative. Dehumidification is accomplished with an desiccant dryer.
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Sanding decks

By maintaining 55% relative humidity in sanding decks, dust is suppressed and static build-up reduced. This prevents airborne paint dust from being attracted to the surface of the bodywork, greatly decreasing sanding time and improving the quality of the finish.

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Projects and references

Jaguar Land Rover, UK

Jaguar Land Rover employ Condair evaporative humidifiers for use in its exhaust emissions testing facility at the company™s Product Compliance Centre in Solihull, UK. The evaporative humidifiers provide humidity control to two rolling-road engine test cells to ensure compliance with international environmental parameters.
Jaguar Land Rover, UK

Aston Martin

Condair JetSpray humidification systems are maintaining the humidity in the finishing areas at Aston Martin's Newport Pagnell and Bloxham plants. By maintaining a level of humidity at 55%RH, any dust that is in the atmosphere around the cars is suppressed, giving a much finer finish during the painting and sanding processes.
Aston Martin, UK

Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Hannover (Germany)

The Volkswagen plant in Hanover is the main plant of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, an independent brand of the Volkswagen Group. With a total area of 120 hectares and over 14,000 employees, it is the largest production facility for the Transporter and Amarok series.
Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Hannover, Germany

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Cooling), Recklinghausen (Germany)

Direct room humidification can be used both for conditioning the room air and for process cooling. The automotive supplier HELLA in Recklinghausen makes use of the principle of adiabatic cooling with additional air humidification.
Hella GmbH & Co. Germany

Asteelflash Hersfeld GmbH, Bad Hersfeld

Air Humidification in the electronic industry Asteelflash is the second largest electronic manufacturing services provider in Europe. More than 5,000 employees at 18 production sites worldwide work for the group of companies headquartered in France. The facility in Bad Hersfeld produces integrated electronic systems and modules for the automotive industry, among other things. Asteelflash is using direct room air humidification to protect the health of employees and for quality assurance in the assembly of PCBs.
Asteelflash, Bad Hersfeld - Germany

Mercedes Museum

At the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the Condair DL delivers precise, hygienic humidification to protect exhibits and ensure optimal indoor climate for visitors.
Mercedes Benz Museum

Porsche Museum

Explore the Porsche Museum‚the floating architecture and exhibits. Condair steam humidifiers deliver precise humidity control to protect valuable collections.
Porsche Museum, Zuffenhausen - Germany

Ferrari, Maranello, Italy

Ferrari™s historic headquarters in Maranello was modernized in 2010 with advanced production facilities, including a high-tech wind tunnel and hybrid engine test stand. Condair™s resistance steam humidifiers ensure precise humidity control, supporting the development of Ferrari™s next generation of high-performance sports cars.

The Condair RS steam humidifiers boast patented limescale management which prevents permanent deposition of limescale on heater rods. Limestone crusts are successively detached and removed from the steam cylinder into the limescale collection vessel. Limestone management ensures extremely short waiting times and a long life.
The innovative control system fitted with a touch display ensures outstanding transparency of function and precise steam delivery. The units are the result of decades of experience and they define the state of the art in modern steam humidification.
Ferrari Factory, Maranello - Italy

FAW Volkswagen, Tianjin

As part of Volkswagen's global electrification strategy, Tianjin contributes significantly to the brand's mission of delivering innovative mobility solutions for the Chinese market.
Volkswagen Tianjin has selected the Condair ECO3 electrode humidifier for its central air conditioning system to ensure the humidity requirements of the production environment.

HELLA

The HELLA Group develops and manufactures lighting, electronic components and systems for the automotive industry.
Hella GmbH & Co. Germany

Renault Sport

JNS Instruments Ltd

JNS Instruments Limited manufactures instruments for the automotive industry. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Gurgaon, India. Condair has installed JetSpray humidification systems at the factory.

FNA Mechatronics

GM Automotriz

Nexteer

Pirelli

Plastic Omnium

Plásticos León

PPD

Quin

ZKW Group

NovaBus

Kia Motors Hwasung Plant(Painting works) in Kyunggi

Kia Motors Sohari Plant(Painting works) in Kyunggi

KIA Motors, Sohari Factory

Kia Corporation is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer after (its parent company) Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 2.8 million vehicles in 2019. As of December 2015, the Kia Corporation is minority owned by Hyundai, which holds a 33.88% stake valued at just over US$6 billion. Kia in turn is a minority owner of more than twenty Hyundai subsidiaries ranging from 4.9% up to 45.37%, totaling more than US$8.3 billion.The Condair DL, in-duct hybrid humidifier was selected by Kia to maintain the ideal humidity in its paint spray booths. This ensures the paint reaches the surface without evaporation for the perfect finish.

Bosch - BU4

Bosch Bursa factory section: BU4 Divisions of Bursa factory are as follows Gasoline Systems Diesel Systems Chassis Systems Brakes Rexroth

Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a British luxury automobile maker. This plant, based at Goodwood in the UK, serves as the headquarters, design, manufacturing and assembly centre for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Officially opened on 1 January 2003, the plant is situated on a site covering 42 acres, employs over 1,700 workers and produces approximately 20 cars a day. Each car is built by hand at this state-of-the-art facility, inline with the famous quote from the one of the company's founders, Sir Henry Royce, "Strive for perfection in everything you do." Condair RS steam humidifiers are maintaining the perfect humidity in the plant's paint spray booths to ensure the paint released from the spray nozzles reaches the surface without evaporation and as the manufacturer intended. Less evaporation also results in less paint dust being present in the atmosphere, further enhancing the finish of the painted surface.

Quotes from our customers

Aston Martin

Alan Darrock

We need a reliable, effective humidification system to ensure that we can achieve the utmost finish to our cars. Since the new equipment was installed, we have seen improvement in the quality of the paint finish, and our workforce now keep the doors closed. We have been more than pleased with the service and skill that Condair offers and will be using them in other production areas.
V-ZUG, Switzerland

Adrian Theiler

COO
Our aim is to prevent, reduce and offset CO2 emissions.
Mondi Group, Sonneberg (Germany)

Frank Drews

Technical Coordinator
"Humidity is very important for us to ensure standardized conditions throughout the production process."
Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Hannover (Germany)

Stefan Diskau

Heat exchanger planning
"Especially in the warm work areas, we wanted to lower the temperature, bind the dust and create a more pleasant working environment."

Frequently asked questions

How controlled humidity enhances the sanding process in the automotive manufacturing?
How does humidity control increase production efficiency for automotive manufacturing?
Why is a humidity level of 72% recommended in paint spray booths for automotive manufacturing?
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