PurCity: With welding technology from ABICOR BINZEL against CO2 emissions & air pollution

A series of fortunate circumstances resulted in ABICOR BINZEL's contribution to the success of a pioneering project: the construction of prototypes for so-called GapS panels. These self-cleaning carbon capture air purification devices will soon be attached to the facades of buildings in large cities to improve the air quality In and outside of the building. In this way, 15 to 20 tons of CO₂ per panel and per building can be captured each year.

Clean air as common goal

The idea for this project was developed by PurCity, a Danish start-up company managed and founded by Morteza Ghorbani Eftekhar. Its objective is to support the achievement of the 17 sustainability goals of the United Nations with its developments. As part of an EU research project, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Emil Schubert and Morteza G. Eftekhar met and quickly realised that they are both pursuing the same goal: clean air. Finally, ABICOR BINZEL enables clean air in welding production with the xFUME^® extraction technology series. Therefore, it was obvious to combine the expertise of both companies in order to promote sustainable future project.

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Prototyping at the ITC

Due to the welding know-how of ABICOR BINZEL and the fact that the product portfolio includes fume extraction torches and fume extraction devices, the prototypes of the GapS panels should also be welded with extraction torches. The development of the prototypes was made at our Innovation and Technology Centre (ITC), where Dieter Kocab and his team worked together with Morteza G. Eftekhar on the construction of the panels. However, as usual in the context of new developments, challenges arose from time to time that could be mastered excellently in teamwork.

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For ABICOR BINZEL as a company, the joint venture with PurCity is a successful project to contribute to improving the air in large cities in the near future.

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