Coating system
AssigneeUniversity of Cape Town
InventorsDuarte Rui Sousa, Nabeel Hussain
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Abstract
A coating system (1) is provided which includes an ultrasonic sprayer (3) capable of spraying a coating fluid onto a target surface (5). A convective or infrared heater (21) is associated with the sprayer and is operable to heat the spray (23) produced by the sprayer (3).
Claims11
A coating system which includes a sprayer configured to spray a coating fluid onto a target surface and mounted spaced apart from a conveyor assembly bed on which the target surface is operatively located, characterised in that an electromagnetic radiation emitting device configured to produce a beam of electromagnetic radiation is located adjacent the sprayer and is directed towards spray produced by the sprayer so as to cause a degree of evaporation of solvent in the spray to increase the viscosity of the spray, and wherein the coating system further includes at least one reflector configured to focus the beam of electromagnetic radiation, wherein each of the at least one reflector is configured to direct the beam of electromagnetic radiation which penetrates the spray back through the spray towards the electromagnetic radiation emitting device.
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