System for painting golf balls

A golf ball painting system comprising:

• a spray system comprising two or more spray guns, each configured to spray paint in a spray pattern toward an application area having a golf ball to be painted, wherein the spray patterns of the two or more spray guns are generally conical and have a region of overlap in the application area, wherein the region of overlap has a width w given by 0.05d≤w≤0.25d, where d is the diameter of the golf ball, and wherein each spray gun has one or more spray gun settings configured to be adjusted to thereby change the spray pattern of the sprayed paint;
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• a spray control system connected to the spray system, the spray control system comprising:
• a spray gun control device configured to adjust at least one of the one or more spray gun settings of each spray gun,
• a spray detection system comprising at least one detector positioned between the spray guns and the application area and configured to non-invasively monitor the spray patterns of the two or more spray guns and collect data indicative of at least one spray pattern parameter,
• a device configured to receive the at least one spray pattern parameter from the spray detection system and compare the at least one spray pattern parameter to a target value, and, if the at least one spray pattern parameter is outside of the target value, perform a corrective action.

A spray control system for a golf ball painting system, the spray control system comprising:

• a spray gun control device comprising a spray gun comprising a spray nozzle and configured to produce a spray pattern dependent on at least one spray gun setting;
• a spray detection device configured to collect data indicative of the spray pattern;
• a feedback device configured to determine a spray pattern parameter based on the collected data;
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• a user device configured to compare the spray pattern parameter to a target value, and, if the at least one spray pattern parameter is outside of the target value, perform a corrective action.