Centrally controlled coating system for painting motor vehicle body components

A coating system for application of coatings to components, wherein said components are motor vehicle body components, the coating system comprising:

• a coating booth,
• a conveying system configured to convey the components through the coating booth in a conveying direction and at a conveying velocity,
• an application system having an application device configured to apply a coating medium onto the components,
• a process technology system configured to air-condition an interior region of the coating booth, the process technology system having a ventilation system configured to generate an air flow through the coating booth,
• a safety system configured to monitor the coating system,
• a robot system having a multi-axis coating robot, the multi-axis coating robot coupled to the application device and configured to guide the application device,
• one or more sensor components in each of the conveying system, the application system, the process technology system, the safety system, and the robot system, respectively, and
• a control unit in communication with at least the conveying system, the robot system, the application system, and the process technology system, the control unit being directly coupled to the sensor components, the sensor components
• each being configured to transmit the respective sensor signals directly to the control unit,
• the control unit being to transmit directly to, each of the conveying system, the application system, the process technology system, the safety system, and the robot system, respectively,
• wherein the control unit adapts one or more of conveying control signals for at least one of the conveying direction and the conveying velocity of the components through the coating booth of the conveying system, the control unit adapting the one or more conveying control signals according to one or more of the sensor signals of the robot system transmitted directly to the control unit, the control unit transmitting the one or more conveying control signals directly to the conveying system,
• wherein the control unit adapts one or more of control signals for the robot system to at least a configuration of the multi-axis coating robot of the robot system, the control unit determining the one or more robot control signals according to one or more of the sensor signals of the conveying system transmitted directly to the control unit, the control unit transmitting the one or more robot control signals directly to the robot system,
• wherein the control unit adapts one or more of application control signals for operation of the application device of the application system, the control unit adapts one or more of ventilation control signals for the air flow through the coating booth generated by the ventilation system of the process technology system, the control unit adapting the one or more of the application control signals and the one or more of the ventilation control signals according to at least one of one or more of the sensor signals from the conveying system and one or more of the sensor signals from the robot system transmitted directly to the control unit, the control unit transmitting the one or more application control signals directly to the application system, the control unit transmitting the one or more ventilation control signals to the process technology system.