Coating method and associated coating installation

A coating method for coating a component with a coating agent, comprising:

• applying the coating agent to the component along a reference track within a coating area on the component;
• detecting a spatial course of the reference track applied to the component;
• determining the spatial course of at least one neighboring track adjacent to the reference track as a function of the determined spatial course of the reference track;
• applying the coating agent to the component along the at least one neighboring track within the coating area on the component;
• and
• determining defects on the component to avoid incorrect detection of the spatial course of the reference track and a correspondingly incorrect determination of the spatial course of the at least one neighboring track.

A coating installation for coating a component with a coating agent, with

• a) a first coating robot for applying the coating agent to the component along a reference track within a coating area on the component,
• b) an optical sensor for detecting the spatial course of the reference track applied to the component,
• c) a control unit for interrogating the optical sensor and for determining the spatial course of a neighboring track adjacent to the reference track as a function of the determined spatial course of the reference track, and
• d) a second coating robot for applying the coating agent to the component along the neighboring track within the coating area on the component,
• e) wherein the control unit processes information about defects on the component, in particular those defects under the reference track, in order to avoid an incorrect detection of the spatial course of the reference track and a correspondingly incorrect determination of the spatial course of the neighboring track, in particular according to the coating method according to claim 1.