Method and device for drying workpieces provided with a surface coating
AssigneeLTG Holding GmbH
InventorWaldemar Herre
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Abstract
A method and a device for drying workpieces that have been provided with a fresh surface coating and are conveyed through a drying zone in a housing wherein hot air is applied to the workpieces to dry them. At least a fraction of the walls and/or built in component in the region of the housing to which the workpieces are conveyed have hot air applied to them for preventing formation of condensate. A hot air barrier may be provided at the inlet or the outlet of the drying zone. A material for bonding and storing liquid may be provided on at least a fraction of the walls and/or built in components.
Claims19
A method for drying workpieces which have been provided with a fresh surface coating, the method comprising:
- conveying the workpieces through a housing having a drying zone and having walls in the drying zone;
- applying hot air to the workpieces passing through the drying zone;
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- applying hot air to at least part of the walls in the drying zone and to built in components of the housing in the drying zone for eliminating condensate thereon.
A device for drying workpieces, that have been provided with a fresh surface coating, comprising:
- a housing having a hot air drying zone within the housing;
- the housing including walls that are within and/or built in components in the drying zone;
- a workpiece conveyor for conveying workpieces to be dried through the hot air drying zone;
- first hot air outlets in the region of the drying zone for applying hot air to the workpieces and second hot air outlets for applying hot air to at least a fraction of the housing walls and/or the built in components in the drying zone.
A device for drying workpieces, that have been provided with a fresh surface coating, comprising:
- a housing having a hot air drying zone housed within the housing;
- the housing including walls that are within and/or built in components within the drying zone;
- a workpiece conveyor for conveying workpieces to be dried through the hot air drying zone;
- hot air outlets in the region of the drying zone for applying hot air to the workpieces;
- at least a fraction of the walls and/or the built in components of the device in the drying zone carry a material which binds and stores liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.