Pressure-actuated member, in particular paint pressure controller or coating agent valve
OwnerThomas Buck, Michael Baumann +1inventors
InventorsThomas Buck, Michael Baumann, Rainer Melcher
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Abstract
A pressure-actuated member, for example a paint pressure controller or a coating agent valve, for influencing a mean coating agent pressure of a coating agent to be applied in a painting system, is disclosed. An exemplary pressure-actuated member may comprise a component, which is subjected directly to the coating agent during operation and is mobile and/or can be deformed to influence the pressure. Examplary components subjected to the coating agent may at least partially comprise a ceramic material in order to achieve a longer service life.
Claims24
-16. (canceled)
A pressure control member for influencing a coating agent pressure of a coating agent to be applied in a painting installation, said pressure control member comprising a component which is directly exposed to the coating agent during operation, the component being movable for pressure influencing purposes, wherein the component which is exposed to the coating agent is made at least partially from a ceramic material.
The pressure control member according to claim 1, wherein the pressure control member is a coating agent valve.
The pressure control member according to claim 1, wherein the pressure control member is a paint pressure regulator.
The pressure control member according to claim 16, wherein
- an actuating member configured to actuate the intake valve is centrally attached to the membrane, and
- the return spring is supported at one side against the actuating member and at the other side against a stationary housing part.
The pressure control member according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic material is a ceramic fibre composite material.
A method for operating a painting installation, wherein the component of the pressure control member which is exposed to the coating agent is replaced after a given service life due to an abrasive effect of the coating agent on the component, wherein the service life of the component is more than 1 month.
A method, comprising using a ceramic material to produce a component of a pressure control member of a painting installation, said component being exposed to a coating agent and being movable and/or deformable for pressure influencing purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.