| Durr Systems GmbH Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120094031 | METHOD AND COATING PLANT FOR PROVIDING A WORKPIECE WITH A COATING - In order to produce a method of providing a workpiece with a coating comprising the following process steps: —coating the workpiece: and —drying the workpiece by means of a drying device which is of increased capacity and is also particularly suitable for very long workpieces, there is proposed a method wherein the workpiece is moved relative to the drying device after the process of coating the workpiece has begun and before the process of drying the workpiece has terminated. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20110274827 | PAINT SHOP AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PAINT SHOP - In a paint plant which comprises at least one spray-painting device incorporating at least one application unit for painting workpieces and in particular motor vehicle bodies with a fluid paint, in order to enable the fluid paint overspray i.e. the paint particles which are not adhering to the workpieces that are to be painted and which are picked up and carried along in an air flow passing through the application area of the paint shop, to be re-separated from this air flow and also to enable the cleansed air flow to be returned to the application area in an air re-circulating system or else expelled into the environment of the plant, the paint shop comprises a device for separating fluid paint overspray from a stream of crude gas that contains overspray particles wherein this device comprises at least one filter element for separating the overspray from the stream of crude gas. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110165833 | INTERMEDIATE STORAGE UNIT FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF OBJECTS TO BE PAINTED - To provide an intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies and/or for the transport of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies from one process section of a paint shop to another process section of the paint shop, which allows the objects to be painted to also be stored in the intermediate storage unit over a lengthy period of time, e.g. during a shift change, overnight or over a weekend, without impairment to the quality of the painting of the objects to be painted, it is proposed that the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110162576 | PAINT SHOP FOR PAINTING OBJECTS TO BE PAINTED - To provide a paint shop for painting objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies, there is proposed a paint shop for painting objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies which comprises the following: a building shell, which encloses a building interior, in which are arranged at least one dip tank and at least one open treatment area, which is open in relation to the building interior; a first transport level, on which objects to be painted can be transported through at least one open treatment area; a second transport level, from which objects to be painted can be dipped into at least one dip tank; and at least one intermediate storage unit, wherein at least one object to be painted can be transported from one transport level of the paint shop into the intermediate storage unit and later can be transported out of the intermediate storage unit into another transport level of the paint shop. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110041691 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING WET PAINT OVERSPRAY - In order to provide a device for separating wet paint overspray from a stream of crude gas containing overspray particles which comprises at least two filter devices each of which has an inlet opening through which a partial stream of crude gas enters the respective filter device and each of which comprises at least one filter element for separating the overspray from the partial stream of crude gas, which allows one to maintain the fluidity of the mixture consisting of filter aid material and wet paint overspray that has been cleansed from the filter elements in the filter aid material reservoirs in a simple and efficient manner, it is proposed that the device should comprise at least one reservoir for receiving material which has been cleansed from the filter elements of a plurality of filter devices and a mixing device for mechanically blending the cleansed material from a plurality of filter devices. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110000974 | SHAPING AIR RING COMPRISING AN ANNULAR CAVITY AND CORRESPONDING BELL CUP - A guiding air ring for a rotary atomiser for coating components, such as motor vehicle body parts, is disclosed. The ring generally includes a front side facing a bell plate of the rotary atomiser in the operating state, and at least one guiding air nozzle for outputting a guiding air flow for forming a directed spray emitted from the bell plate. The ring may also include a cavity which is rotationally arranged in the front side of the guiding air ring in an annular manner. A correspondingly adapted bell plate is also disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100199912 | METHOD FOR SUPPLYING AUXILIARY MATERIAL AND RECEPTACLE FOR AUXILIARY MATERIAL - In order to provide a method for supplying fresh auxiliary material, which is added to a stream ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100197213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING AUXILIARY MATERIAL - In order to provide a method of introducing auxiliary material into the flow path of a crude gas stream charged with wet-paint overspray before the crude gas stream passes through at least one filter element for separating the overspray from the crude gas stream, with which method an introduction of auxiliary material into the application region of a paint shop is reliably prevented even in the event of incorrect operation, a method is proposed, which comprises the following method steps: detecting whether there is an adequate crude gas flow through the at least one filter element; and blocking the introduction of auxiliary material into the flow path of the crude gas stream if it is determined that there is not an adequate crude gas flow. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100021646 | DEFLECTING AIR RING AND CORRESPONDING COATING PROCESS - A deflecting air ring is disclosed having a plurality of deflecting air nozzles for discharging a deflecting air jet onto a spray jet of a vaporizer in order to shape the spray jet. The deflecting air nozzles are configured such that the deflecting air jet is substantially laminar within a close region, while the deflecting air nozzles also generate turbulence in a remote region situated downstream of the close region of the deflecting air jet. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090304940 | COMPACT PAINT BOOTH AND METHOD - Paint booths for applying paint to an object, as well as methods for degrading coating operations associated with a paint booth, are disclosed. Paint booth may generally include one or more robot rails positioned parallel to the path of the conveyor, and one or more robots positioned on at least one of the rails. Robots may be configured to simultaneously apply a first paint layer to the interior and exterior surfaces of the object. Paint booths may further include one or more additional robots positioned on at least one of the rails and configured to simultaneously apply a second paint layer to the interior and exterior surfaces of the object. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090250346 | WORKPIECE CARRIER FOR CONVEYING A WORKPIECE TO BE PAINTED - In order to create a workpiece carrier for conveying a workpiece to be painted, in particular, a vehicle body through at least one electrophoretic dip paint bath and by means of at least one conveyor device following the electrophoretic dip paint bath, comprising at least one electrical contacting device for passing a coating current into the workpiece when the workpiece is conveyed through the electrophoretic dip paint bath and at least one contact surface, at which the workpiece carrier comes into contact with the conveyor device following the electrophoretic dip paint bath, with which dip paint is prevented from rubbing off in the conveyor device following the electrophoretic dip paint bath, it is suggested that at least one contact surface be electrically insulated from the at least one contacting device. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090212122 | APPLICATION ELEMENT FOR A ROTARY SPRAYER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - The invention relates to an application element ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090172966 | DRIER MODULE FOR A DRIER - In order to provide a drier module for a drier for a coating plant, in particular for a coating plant for vehicle bodies, wherein the drier comprises a drier working space for receiving the objects to be dried, which space is bounded by a drier floor, a drier ceiling and lateral boundary walls, which reduces the transport costs for transporting the drier components from the production site to the erection site, it is proposed that the drier module comprise at least one section of a lateral boundary wall of the drier working space and one section of the drier floor and/or one section of the drier ceiling, wherein the drier floor section and/or the drier ceiling section are/is connected to the boundary wall section so as to be pivotable relative to the boundary wall section. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090158998 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ATOMISER AND A CORRESPONDING COATING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a coating device, in particular for painting motor vehicle bodies, comprising a sprayer ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20080229926 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING WET PAINT OVERSPRAY - In order to provide a device for separating wet paint overspray from an exhaust air flow containing overspray particles, wherein the overspray particles pass into the exhaust air flow in an application region of a painting assembly and wherein the device comprises at least one separation device for separating the overspray from at least a part of the exhaust air flow, in which clogging of the separation device with wet paint overspray is substantially prevented during a cleaning operation and/or ingress of precoat material into the application region from the region of the separation device is substantially prevented during a precoating operation, it is proposed that the device comprises at least one closing device, by means of which the flow path of the exhaust air flow from the application region to the separation device can be intermittently closed off at least partially, and at least one precoat feeding means, which discharges a precoat material into the exhaust air flow downstream of the closing device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080229925 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING WET PAINT OVERSPRAY - In order to provide a device for separating wet paint overspray from an exhaust air flow containing overspray particles, wherein the overspray particles pass into the exhaust air flow in an application region of a painting assembly and wherein the device comprises at least one separation device for separating the overspray from at least a part of the exhaust air flow, in which clogging of a wall surface of the device with wet paint overspray is prevented, it is proposed that the device is divided into a plurality of sections below the application region, wherein at least one separation device is provided in one of the sections, and that the device comprises at least one air curtain producing device for generating an air curtain on a wall surface, which delimits the flow path of the exhaust air flow and is arranged on the at least one flow guide element. | 09-25-2008 |