Coating installation with an atomizer change station
AssigneeDürr Systems AG
InventorsHans J. Nolte, Harry Krumma, Frank Herre, Michael Baumann, Stefano Giuliano, Rainer Melcher, Juergen Haas
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Abstract
A change station for atomizer (7) and other tools that contains a carousel-like rotatable and/or linearly movable mount (112) is arranged on the wall of the cabin of a coating installation. The arrangement is such that the storage locations of the change station are accessible both to the coating machine (151) in the cabin and from outside the cabin.
Claims11
A method for sequentially coating workpieces with tools releasably and exchangeably positioned in a plurality of storage locations, said method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a robotic device inside a cabin;
- placing a mounting unit defining a periphery adjacent the robotic device;
- forming the plurality of storage locations in the periphery to releasably engage the tools;
- rotating the mounting unit about an axis generally defined by the periphery to a position accessible by the robotic device to selectively engage a first of the tools for sequentially coating at least one of the workpieces;
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- moving a second of the tools to a second position to enable the robotic device to selectively engage the second tool once the robotic device completed sequentially coating at least one of the workpieces with the first tool as the first tool is returned to one of the storage locations.
A method for sequentially coating workpieces with tools releasably and exchangeably positioned in a plurality of storage locations, said method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a robotic device inside a cabin;
- installing a magazine defining a periphery to hold the tools;
- placing a mounting unit defining a periphery adjacent the magazine and the robotic device;
- forming the plurality of storage locations in the periphery of the mounting unit to releasably engage the tools;
- rotating the mounting unit about a first axis generally defined by the periphery of the mounting unit to a position accessible by the robotic device to selectively engage a first of the tools to sequentially coat at least one of the workpieces and moving a second of the tools to a second position thereby enabling the robotic device to engage the second tool once the robotic device completed sequentially coating at least one of the workpieces with the first tool as the first tool is returned to one of the storage locations;
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- rotating the magazine about a second axis relative to the mounting unit to replace at least one of the first tool and the second tool engaged in the mounting unit with a third tool engaged in the magazine.
A method for sequentially coating workpieces with tools releasably and exchangeably positioned in a plurality of storage locations, said method comprising the steps of:
- positioning a robotic device inside a cabin defining a wall;
- placing a mounting unit defining a periphery for holding the tools adjacent the robotic device;
- placing a cover over the mounting unit to protect the mounting unit holding the tools from soiling as the mounting unit rotates about an axis relative the cover;
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- moving the robotic device relative to the mounting unit between a first position as the robotic device opens the cover to remove a first tool from the mounting unit and a second position as the robotic device closes the cover after the first tool is replaced with a second tool removed from the mounting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.