Apparatus for surface treatment, painting of car rims, and method therefore

A method comprising:

• providing an apparatus for painting of an item, wherein the item is a rotationally symmetric item, the apparatus having an openable paint booth with air inlet and air outlet and door for closing the paint booth during operation;
• a coating unit with one or more spray nozzles for applying a curable fluid onto the item;
• an item holder supplied with assembly bodies for disengageable securing of the item for rotation around an axis of rotation, coinciding with the item's center axis, during coating with the fluid;
• a suspension bracket in which the item holder can be mounted, wherein the suspension bracket is configured to rotate the item holder around a pivot point, extending a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation, coinciding with a diameter through the item and to angle the item while the item is being rotated;
• a curing unit;
• and a controller;
• wherein the suspension bracket and the one or more spray nozzles are arranged in way which is mutually displaceable
• mounting the item in the assembly bodies on the item holder;
• coating with the curable fluid using the coating unit;
• rotating the item around the axis of rotation, coinciding with the item's center axis during coating with the curable fluid;
• angling the item holder wherein the angling is performed around the pivot point extending in the direction perpendicularly to the axis of rotation, coinciding with the diameter through the item;
• curing the fluid with the curing unit;
• and
• dismounting the item from the assembly bodies.