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US 2003/0077385 A1Published application
Powder coating systems
AssigneeNordson Corporation
InventorsJames Ainsworth, Louis Van Den Bergh, Luigi Perillo
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AssigneeNordson Corporation
InventorsJames Ainsworth, Louis Van Den Bergh, Luigi Perillo
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A powder spray booth (2) with a powder recovery system having an overspray intake (18) communicating with the interior of the booth. A vertically extending duct (20) leads from the overspray intake to a powder recovery system such as, for example, a cyclone. The vertically extending duct may have doors (32) opening to the interior of the booth to provide access to the vertical duct for cleaning. The doors may have holes (120) to aspirate air from the booth interior to optimize air flow patterns within the booth. A diverter plate (26) within the booth (2) defines with the booth floor (10) a floor duct leading to the overspray intake (18). The diverter plate has apertures for allowing oversprayed powder to be collected through the plate. The diverter plate may be provided as two or more diverter plates held at different elevation levels within the booth to define a floor duct which is larger in parts of the floor duct which are closer to the overspray intake than parts of the floor duct which are farther from the overspray intake. The coating system may include an air assist which provides jets of air across a portion of the interior surface of the booth. The surface may be one or more sloped portions (22) of the floor and/or one or more portions of the diverter plate. The air supply may be pulsed to produce periodic bursts of air across the interior surface.
A powder spray booth comprising:
A powder spray booth comprising:
A powder spray booth comprising:
A powder spray booth comprising:
A powder spray booth comprising:
A method of collecting overspray powder from a powder spray booth during a spraying operation, comprising the steps of:
A powder coating system comprising a powder spray booth with walls and floor having two side portions and a downwardly offset region therebetween which defines a trough between the side portions, one or more powder spray devices positioned with respect to the booth walls to spray articles passed through the booth via openings in the end walls, a powder recovery system having an overspray intake communicating with the interior of the booth, the powder recovery system including suction means for drawing overspray powder from the booth interior into the overspray intake, and, a diverter plate held within the booth between the floor side portions such as to close at least part of the trough and form a floor duct in communication with the overspray intake, the diverter plate including at least one aperture for the passage of overspray powder deposited thereon to the floor duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.