Coating booth for coating vehicle rims
AssigneeGema Switzerland GmbH
InventorsPeter Steiger, Paulo Dos Reis
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Abstract
A coating cabin for coating vehicle wheel rims has a coating chamber and a conveying device for transporting the workpieces for coating through the coating chamber. An applicator system is furthermore provided for spraying coating material as required in the coating chamber, wherein the applicator system has a first pistol system for spraying coating material as required onto a first region of the workpieces for coating, a second pistol system for spraying coating material as required onto a second region of the workpieces for coating, and a third pistol system for spraying coating material as required onto a third region of the workpieces for coating.
Claims18
A coating booth for coating vehicle rims or other rotationally symmetric workpieces with coating material, wherein the coating booth comprises:
- a coating chamber having a booth floor, two oppositely positioned side walls, each having a workpiece passageway, two side walls oppositely positioned and adjoining the side walls with the workpiece passageways and a booth roof positioned opposite from the booth floor;
- a conveyor device for transporting the workpieces to be coated through the coating chamber, wherein the conveyor device is arranged beneath the booth floor and has a workpiece carrier which extends into the coating chamber of the coating booth through a conveyance slot in the booth floor;
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- an applicator system for spraying coating material within the coating booth as needed, wherein the applicator system comprises a first gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a first area of the workpieces to be coated, a second gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a second area of the workpieces to be coated, and a third gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a third area of the workpieces to be coated,
- wherein the first gun system is assigned a first axis system for the positioning and/or aligning of the first gun system relative to the workpieces to be coated during a coating procedure, wherein the second gun system is assigned a second axis system for the positioning and/or aligning of the second gun system relative to the workpieces to be coated during a coating procedure, and wherein the third gun system is assigned a third axis system for the positioning and/or aligning of the third gun system relative to the workpieces to be coated during a coating procedure,
- wherein the first, second and third axis system are configured such that only the first gun system moves asynchronously to the traveling conveyor device whereas the second and third gun system move synchronously with the conveyor movement.
A system for coating vehicle rims or other rotationally symmetric workpieces with coating material, wherein the system comprises the following:
- a coating booth comprising:
- a coating chamber having a booth floor, two oppositely positioned side walls, each having a workpiece passageway, two side walls oppositely positioned and adjoining the side walls with the workpiece passageways and a booth roof positioned opposite from the booth floor;
- a conveyor device for transporting the workpieces to be coated through the coating chamber, wherein the conveyor device is arranged beneath the booth floor and has a workpiece carrier which extends into the coating chamber of the coating booth through a conveyance slot in the booth floor;
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- an applicator system for spraying coating material within the coating booth as needed, wherein the applicator system comprises a first gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a first area of the workpieces to be coated, a second gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a second area of the workpieces to be coated, and a third gun system for spraying coating material as needed onto a third area of the workpieces to be coated;
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- a coating material supply for supplying coating material to the gun systems,
- wherein the coating material supply is designed to only supply fresh coating material to the first gun system and to supply fresh coating material along with recovery material or only recovery material to the second and third gun system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.