Method and apparatus for coating a narrow side of a plate-shaped workpiece

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for coating a narrow side (1) of a plate-shaped workpiece (2) with a coating material (3), in particular a strip-shaped or band-shaped coating material (3), using a coating apparatus, wherein, before being applied to the narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2), the coating material (3) is colored with a basic color (4) at least in a peripheral area (5), which is assigned to an adhesive surface (6) of the coating material (3), or the coating material (3) is entirely colored with the basic color (4), wherein the basic color (4) is color-matched to a shade and/or pattern and/or decoration of a surface (8) of the workpiece (2) such that, after the coating material (3) has been applied to the narrow side (1) of the workpiece (2), a matched color transition between the colored coating material (3) and the shade and/or pattern and/or decoration of the surface (8) of the workpiece (2) is formed, and to a coating apparatus carrying out such a method.

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