Coating and curing system
AssigneeGeorge Koch Sons, Inc.
InventorsDavid T. Mueller, Edward C. Diekmann
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Abstract
A conveyor system for parts coupled to a loadbar assembly is disclosed. The conveyor system includes a walking beam conveyor and a push bar conveyor. The loadbar assembly and walking beam conveyor are configured to allow transfer of parts coupled to loadbar assemblies along a path through upward and downward and forward and reverse movements of the walking beam conveyor. The push bar conveyor and the loadbar assembly are configured to urge parts coupled to the loadbar assemblies through the push bar conveyor by an incremental distance substantially equal to the length of a segment bar of the loadbar assembly.
Claims37
A coating and curing system for coating and curing a plurality of substrates, the system comprising:
- a series of processing stations spaced along a path to coat substrates in a coating section;
- a curing section to cure a coating on the substrates, said curing section being vertically displaced from said coating section;
- a walking beam conveyor for transferring substrates between processing stations of the coating section, said walking beam conveyor being configured for horizontal and vertical movement of the substrates;
- a push bar conveyor for transferring parts through the curing section;
- a plurality of loadbar assemblies, each one of said plurality of load bar assemblies being associated with a different one of the plurality of substrates, each load bar assembly having a load bar configured to cooperate with the walking beam conveyor to facilitate transfer of the loadbar and its associated substrate through the coating section and a segment bar attached to the loadbar, the segment bar having a length influencing incremental movement of the substrate through the push bar conveyor;
- wherein the walking beam conveyor is configured to horizontally move substrates attached to loadbar assemblies a first incremental distance between adjacent processing stations during each cycle of the system and wherein the push bar conveyor horizontally moves substrates attached to loadbar assemblies a second incremental distance through the curing section during each cycle of the system.
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