Painting installation for coating or painting an elongated workpiece
AssigneeABB AB
InventorsThorsten WALDORF, Henning KÖLLNER
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Abstract
A painting installation for coating (e.g., painting) a workpiece, such as an elongated workpiece is disclosed. The installation and/or workpiece can be subdivided into a number of segments of a predetermined length. The painting installation can have three zones arranged next to one another and demarcated from one another. A stationary painting cubicle which has at least one painting robot, an adjoining flashing-off zone and an adjoining dryer, each being at least of the length L. The installation can also include at least one holder for transporting the workpiece along a running rail such that the individual segments successively run step by step through the individual zones.
Claims20
A painting installation for coating a workpiece which is subdivided into a plurality of segments of a predetermined length L, comprising:
- a painting installation having three zones which are arranged next to one another and are demarcated from one another, the three zones including a painting cubicle which has at least one painting robot, an adjoining flash-off zone, and an adjoining dryer, wherein the painting cubicle, the flash-off zone and the dryer each is at least the predetermined length L;
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- at least one holder for transporting a workpiece along a running rail in which individual segments pass successively step-by-step through the three zones.
A method of coating an elongated workpiece which is subdivided into a plurality of segments of a predetermined length, comprising:
- introducing a first segment of an elongated workpiece having a plurality of segments into a painting cubicle of a painting installation, the painting installation having three zones which are arranged next to one another and are demarcated from one another, the three zones including the painting cubicle, an adjoining flash-off zone, and an adjoining dryer, wherein the painting cubicle, the adjoining flash-off zone, and the adjoining dryer each is at least the predetermined length L;
- coating the first segment of the elongated workpiece in the painting cubicle;
- simultaneously introducing the coated first segment of the elongated workpiece into the adjoining flash-off zone, and a second segment of the elongated workpiece into the painting cubicle;
- coating the second segment of the elongated workpiece in the painting cubicle;
- simultaneously introducing the first segment into the adjoining dryer, the coated second segment of the elongated workpiece into the adjoining flash-off zone, and a third segment of the elongated workpiece into the painting cubicle;
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- continuing to introduce each of the plurality of segments of the elongated workpiece through each of the three zones of the paint installation until each of the plurality of segments has successively been introduced into each of the three zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.