Treatment station, treatment system, and corresponding treatment method

Treatment system comprising one or more treatment stations,

• wherein the treatment station includes a treatment container which surrounds a treatment chamber for accommodating workpieces,
• wherein the treatment chamber can be flooded with a fluid,
• wherein the treatment container includes at least one access opening for introducing the workpieces into the treatment chamber and/or for removing the workpieces from the treatment chamber,
• wherein the treatment container includes a closing device which includes a closing element for selectively closing and opening the at least one access opening,
• wherein the treatment station includes a guide device for guiding the closing element,
• wherein the guide device includes one or more vertical guide sections and one or more locking sections,
• wherein the one or more locking sections run transversely to the one or more vertical guide sections,
• wherein the treatment station includes a sealing device for sealing a gap between the treatment container and the closing element in a closed state thereof,
• wherein the sealing device includes one or more expandable sealing elements which can be selectively brought into a sealing expansion and into a release expansion, and
• wherein the one or more sealing elements are applied by expansion to the closing element, when the closing element is arranged in the closed position.

Method for treating workpieces using a treatment station or a treatment system for treating workpieces

• wherein the treatment station includes a treatment container which surrounds a treatment chamber for accommodating the workpieces,
• wherein the treatment chamber can be flooded with a fluid,
• wherein the treatment container comprises at least one access opening for introducing the workpieces into the treatment chamber and/or for removing the workpieces from the treatment chamber,
• wherein the treatment container comprises a closing device which comprises a closing element for selectively closing and opening the at least one access opening, the method comprising:
• introducing the workpieces through at least one access opening into a treatment chamber which can be flooded with a fluid and which is surrounded by a treatment container of a treatment station;
• and
• optionally closing and opening the at least one access opening by a closing element of a closing device of the treatment container,
• wherein the treatment station includes a guide device for guiding the closing element,
• wherein the guide device includes one or more vertical guide sections and one or more locking sections,
• wherein the one or more locking sections run transversely to the one or more vertical guide sections,
• wherein the treatment station includes a sealing device for sealing a gap between the treatment container and the closing element in a closed state thereof,
• wherein the sealing device includes one or more expandable sealing elements which can be selectively brought into a sealing expansion and into a release expansion, and
• wherein the one or more sealing elements are applied by expansion to the closing element, when the closing element is arranged in a closed position.