Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080236484 | Automatically Steered Coating Machine Also A Container for The Coating Material - The piston dispenser for the measured supplying of material to the atomizer of a painting robot is arranged in the hand joint of the robot. Various feasible embodiments of the dispensing cylinder of this piston dispenser are described. | 10-02-2008 |
20090117283 | Coating Installation and Associated Operating Method - The invention relates to a coating installation, in particular for painting motor vehicle bodies, comprising a transport path ( | 05-07-2009 |
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 |
20100012025 | COATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A METERING DEVICE - A coating apparatus for serially coating workpieces with different shades or colors is disclosed. A metering device comprises a plunger-type dosing mechanism or a metering pump that has a separate inlet with an integrated color valve for each of the most commonly used colors is located in or near the sprayer of the coating apparatus. A separate color changer can be provided for less frequently used colors. The outlet of said color changer may be connected to another inlet of the metering mechanism or to the discharge valve of the sprayer via a separate metering mechanism. | 01-21-2010 |
20100133353 | UNIVERSAL ATOMIZER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - An atomiser, painting machine, paint cabin, and method of operating an atomizer are disclosed. The atomizer includes a first paint inlet for a first paint system, and at least one additional second paint inlet for a second paint system. Each of the paint inlets are separated from each other, so that the atomiser may optionally apply one of the two different paint systems. | 06-03-2010 |
20100143599 | ROTARY ATOMIZER COMPONENT - A rotary atomizer component, such as for a steering air ring or bell cup for a rotary atomizer with at least one steering air jet for delivering steering air (or controlled air) and a rotary bearing shaft where, in axial direction between the bell cup and the steering air jet, a circumferential annular gap is located. A shaft cover in form of a bushing covers the bearing shaft, when mounted, at least partially in the annular gap area between the bell cup and the steering air jet. In addition, the annular gap space between the front surface of the bearing unit and the internal surface facing it axially or any other front element of the atomizer is sealed in a radial way internally against the externally accessible area of the shaft. The sealing element provided for this purpose is located along the internal circumference of the air-steering rings or front element and able to be attached to the front surface of the bearing unit in a way that it is elastically deformable. | 06-10-2010 |
20100147215 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYING ARRANGEMENT - A transformer arrangement is disclosed for an electrostatic sprayer or in an adjacent moving element of a coating machine. A transformer provides a galvanic isolation between the line arrangement provided for supplying power to the sprayer arrangement, and consumers at high voltage in the sprayer or possibly in the robot arm. This isolation may be provided with an isolating transformer which has a sufficient isolation distance or other isolation device between the primary and secondary circuits. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161141 | ERROR LOGGING METHOD FOR A COATING PLANT - An error logging method for a coating plant is disclosed. The error logging method generally includes capturing an error during running of process data records for the coating plant, wherein the individual process data records are ordered according to the given time of operation of the coating plant and each of which contain various process data of the coating plant. The method may further include storage of the captured process data records, detection of a possible error condition of the coating plant, and/or production of an error code when detection of an error condition of the coating plant occurs. The various examples may also relate to storage of the error code in chronological order with the stored process data records. | 06-24-2010 |
20100163638 | PISTON ROD SEAL FOR AN INSULATING CYLINDER OF A COATING PLANT - Various exemplary illustrations of a piston rod seal are disclosed. An exemplary piston rod seal may include a piston rod guide for guiding a piston rod that supports a scraping piston configured to scrape paint residue from an inner wall of a pipeline cylinder. The piston rod may further include a first seal for sealing the piston rod guide relative to the piston rod, and a second seal for sealing the piston rod guide relative to the piston rod, where the second seal is arranged axially offset relative to the first seal. | 07-01-2010 |
20100206962 | ROTARY ATOMIZER WITH A SPRAYING BODY - A rotary sprayer for a coating apparatus is disclosed. An exemplary rotary sprayer may include a spraying body configured to be mounted on a drive shaft of a drive motor for rotation with the drive shaft. The spraying body may further include a detachable mounting device for coaxial connection of the spraying body to the drive shaft. The detachable mounting device may include a spraying body thread that mates with a driveshaft thread defined by the drive shaft, and a plurality of elastic tabs configured to abut a corresponding cavity defined by the driveshaft, such that rotation of the spraying body increases an abutment force between the elastic tabs and the corresponding cavity of the driveshaft. | 08-19-2010 |
20100211205 | METHOD FOR PROCESS DIAGNOSIS AND ROTARY ATOMIZER ARRANGEMENT - A rotary atomizer arrangement and methods for operating the same are disclosed. An exemplary atomizer may be used for the coating of work pieces, and may include a bell plate driven by an electric motor. The exemplary atomizer may further be configured for the detection of errors in the spraying process and/or the drive system of the bell plate, such as by analyzing corresponding parameters of typical values of the drive motor. | 08-19-2010 |
20100251963 | COATING ZONE WITH INCLINED GUIDE RAILS - In a painting booth ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100274378 | TEST METHOD AND TEST APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTION OF A PAINTING DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a test method for functional testing of a painting device, comprising: connecting a test device to the painting device, capturing at least one process parameter of the painting device, and checking of a functionality of the painting device by the test device using the captured process variables of the painting device. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding test device for performing the method. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278676 | GEAR WHEEL PUMP - The invention relates to a gear wheel pump with two meshing gear wheels which are rotatably mounted within a pump housing by means of a driven driveshaft and a crankshaft journal and which form a pumping channel system between a pump inlet and a pump outlet. Several gaps are formed between the pump housing, the gear wheels, the driveshaft, and the crankshaft journal. One of the gaps between the driveshaft and one of the gear wheels contains means for the rotationally fixed connection of the driveshaft to the gear wheel. In order to prevent leakages penetrating to the connecting means, according to the invention the gap between the driveshaft and the gear wheel is sealed, with respect to the front faces of the gear wheel, by means of a sealant. | 11-04-2010 |
20100330292 | APPLICATION ROBOT WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATION DEVICES - An application robot, specifically a painting robot, for coating workpieces with a coating medium and an appropriate operating method. The painting robot has multiple movable axes and a spatially positionable end effector. Multiple application devices are attached to the end effector. | 12-30-2010 |
20110014371 | PAINTING ROBOT AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - An exemplary painting robot and corresponding operating methods for the same are disclosed. The robot may be configured to paint motor vehicle bodies on an outer surface and an inner surface with an atomizer that is guided by the painting robot. According to the exemplary illustrations, the painting robot is suitable for painting the outer surfaces and for painting the inner surfaces of the motor vehicle bodies. | 01-20-2011 |
20110045194 | ROBOT COMPRISING A CLEANING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - Exemplary robots and corresponding exemplary operating methods for a painting system are disclosed. In one example, the robot is a handling robot for opening and closing doors or bonnets of motor vehicle bodies. A robot element of a handling robot that is susceptible to dirt retention, e.g., a handling tool, may be arranged away from the spray jet of a paint during the painting operation and is applied to the component that is to be painted. The robot may include a cleaning device for cleaning or for keeping the robot element of the handling robot that is susceptible to dirt retention clean from paint that is applied with spray jet in the painting operation. | 02-24-2011 |
20110094444 | PAINTING STATION COMPRISING A MEASURING CELL FOR MEASURING THE LAYER THICKNESS - A painting station, e.g., for serially painting components such as motor vehicles, is disclosed. A painting station may include at least one painting cell in which components are coated, e.g., with a paint, that has a certain layer thickness. At least one measuring cell is provided for measuring the layer thickness of the paint, e.g., with a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a conveying path along which the components to be coated are conveyed through the painting and measuring cells. The radiation source may emit light in the visible wavelength range. | 04-28-2011 |
20110159196 | COATING DEVICE AND COATING METHOD HAVING A CONSTANT DIRECTING AIR TEMPERATURE - Exemplary coating devices and methods are disclosed. An exemplary coating device may include an atomizer for applying a spray jet of a coating means or material to a component, at least one directing air nozzle for outputting shaping or directing air in order to shape the spray jet, and a temperature-control device for controlling the temperature of the directing air. The coating device may further include a control unit which activates the temperature-control device as a function of at least one operating variable of the atomizer in order to set a predetermined directing air temperature. | 06-30-2011 |
20110166708 | PAINTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Exemplary painting devices for painting components, e.g., motor vehicle bodies or parts thereof, and associated exemplary methods are disclosed. An exemplary painting device may include a multi-axis painting robot positioning an atomizer, a robot controller for controlling the painting robot, and a controls enclosure comprising the robot controller. An exemplary controls enclosure may be a load-bearing column that mechanically supports the painting robot. | 07-07-2011 |
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 |
20120097286 | COATING SYSTEM COMPONENT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE HOLDING PART - A coating system component which may be used to be wetted and/or flown through at least in some sections by a coating agent. The component may include a fastening base and at least one holding part which is arranged on the fastening base for being fastened to or in a coating system device. The holding part may be an external thread having a special configuration in order to meet the special requirements of painting facilities, according to various exemplary illustrations. Furthermore, a corresponding coating system device may be provided, to which the coating system component can be fastened in a detachable manner. | 04-26-2012 |
20120114849 | FLUID VALVE, PARTICULARLY RETURN VALVE FOR A PAINTING SYSTEM - Exemplary illustrations of a fluid valve, e.g., a return valve for returning residual paint, rinsing agent, and compressed air from a paint line when changing color in a painting system, are disclosed. An exemplary fluid valve may be adjusted between an open position, in which the fluid valve is at least partially open, e.g., for rinsing a paint line with a rinsing agent and for pressurizing the paint line with a new color for the color change, and a closed position, in which the fluid valve is closed, e.g., for applying the new color after the color change. An exemplary fluid valve may switch to the closed position, upon actuation by the medium thereof, e.g., medium flowing through or present in the valve. In another example, a fluid valve may close depending on the fluid present at the input side. | 05-10-2012 |
20120132726 | ROTARY ATOMIZER COMPRISING AN ATOMIZER BELL AND A RETAINER - A rotary atomizer is disclosed, comprising an atomizer bell and a shaft carrying the same. The rotary atomizer may further include a retainer between the atomizer bell and the shaft, said retainer preventing, e.g., by the action of a centrifugal force, the atomizer bell from detaching itself from the shaft. | 05-31-2012 |
20120138207 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SMOOTHING A SURFACE OF A COMPONENT, PARTICULARLY OF LARGE STRUCTURES - A method and apparatus for smoothing a surface of a component, e.g., of large structures, as for example ship hulls for subsequent painting, is disclosed. An exemplary method may include measuring an unevennesses of the surface of the component, levelling the unevennesses by material removal and/or by material application of a levelling mass, adding reference markings at certain locations on the surface to be measured before the measurement of the surface, and taking account of the reference markings during the measurement of the unevennesses of the surface. | 06-07-2012 |
20120186518 | ROTARY PISTON PUMP FOR METERING A COATING AGENT - Exemplary illustrations directed to a rotary piston pump, e.g., for metering a coating agent in a coating installation, as well as exemplary methods of using the same, are disclosed. An exemplary piston pump may comprise a plurality of pump units, each having one cylinder and one rotary piston which carries out a wobbling or tumbling movement in the cylinder. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191243 | ROBOT ARRANGEMENT, IN PARTICULAR IN A PAINTING BOOTH - A robot arrangement, for example for a painting booth, and exemplary methods associated with the same, are disclosed. An exemplary robot arrangement may comprise a displacement rail, a plurality of robots, such as painting robots or handling robots, which can be displaced along the displacement rail, and a plurality of energy supply chains. The energy supply chains may supply one of the robots each, and may be associated with said robot, and each of the energy supply chains may run along the displacement rail in a particular track. The energy supply chains which are associated with the robots on the same displacement rail may run in discrete tracks. | 07-26-2012 |
20120219700 | COATING METHOD AND COATING SYSTEM HAVING DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF THE ATOMIZER ROTATIONAL SPEED AND THE HIGH VOLTAGE - Exemplary coating methods and coating systems, e.g., for coating the component surface of a component with a coating agent by means of an atomizer in a coating system, for example to paint a body part of a motor vehicle with paint, are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises moving the atomizer over the component surface of the component to be coated, or moving the component in the spray jet, thereby applying the coating agent to the component surface by means of the atomizer. The atomizer may be operated with at least one electrical and/or kinematic operating variable comprising a certain voltage for the electrostatic charging of the coating agent and/or a certain rotational speed of a rotating spray element of the atomizer. In one example, the electrical and/or kinematic operating variable of the atomizer may be dynamically varied during the movement of the atomizer. | 08-30-2012 |
20120282405 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING COMPONENTS - Devices for preserving components with a preservative agent, e.g., for cavity preservation of motor vehicle body components, are disclosed. An exemplary device, in addition to a preservative agent, may apply a hardener configured to react with the preservative agent, which causes the preservative agent to harden. | 11-08-2012 |
20130017068 | AXIAL TURBINE FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZERAANM Baumann; MichaelAACI FleinAACO DEAAGP Baumann; Michael Flein DEAANM Herre; FrankAACI OberriexingenAACO DEAAGP Herre; Frank Oberriexingen DEAANM Frey; MarcusAACI Weil Der StadtAACO DEAAGP Frey; Marcus Weil Der Stadt DEAANM Seiz; BernhardAACI LauffenAACO DEAAGP Seiz; Bernhard Lauffen DEAANM Krumma; HarryAACI BonnigheimAACO DEAAGP Krumma; Harry Bonnigheim DEAANM Beyl; TimoAACI BesigheimAACO DEAAGP Beyl; Timo Besigheim DEAANM Schiffmann; JurgAACI BernAACO CHAAGP Schiffmann; Jurg Bern CHAANM Scholl; StephanAACI HerzogenbuchseeAACO CHAAGP Scholl; Stephan Herzogenbuchsee CH - A turbine rotor, e.g., for a drive turbine of a rotary atomizer, is disclosed having a rotatably supported turbine shaft with the potential for mounting an atomizer wheel, and having at least one drive turbine wheel having a plurality of turbine blades. The turbine blades of the drive turbine wheel may be impinged on during operation by a drive fluid in order to drive the turbine rotor. The drive turbine wheel may be designed for the drive fluid to axially impinge on the turbine blades. A complete drive turbine having such a turbine rotor is also disclosed, as well as a complete rotary atomizer and individual exemplary components of the drive turbine. | 01-17-2013 |
20130020416 | COATING AGENT DEVICE AND COATING DEVICE - Various exemplary illustrations of a coating agent device are disclosed. In one example, a coating agent device may be a coating agent valve, e.g., for influencing the discharge of a coating agent. The coating agent device may include a plug-in or pluggable fastening base configured to facilitate a plug-in or pluggable mounting of the coating agent device. In some examples, the coating agent device may prevent relative rotation of the device relative to a mating component. | 01-24-2013 |
20130108796 | ATOMIZER AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ONE-AND MULTI-COMPONENT COATING AGENTS | 05-02-2013 |
20130122188 | 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. | 05-16-2013 |
20130171360 | COATING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED COATING DEVICE - A coating device for coating parts, in particular body components for automobiles, has at least one piece of application equipment for applying a coating to the components and has a feed device for feeding the components into a suitable coating position relative to the coating equipment. It is proposed that the feed device has at least one handling robot which brings the components into the coating position. Furthermore, a corresponding method is disclosed. | 07-04-2013 |
20140052294 | ADAPTING THE DYNAMICS OF AT LEAST ONE ROBOT - The invention concerns a method for controlling a robot or a first robot (LR | 02-20-2014 |
20140075695 | CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING BRUSH FOR AN ATOMIZER AND CORRESPONDING CLEANING METHOD - The invention relates to a cleaning device ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140109830 | PAINTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Exemplary painting devices for painting components, e.g., motor vehicle bodies or parts thereof may include a multi-axis painting robot positioning an atomizer, a robot controller for controlling the painting robot, and a controls enclosure comprising the robot controller. An exemplary controls enclosure may be a load-bearing column that mechanically supports the painting robot. | 04-24-2014 |
20150013605 | COATING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - A coating device, e.g., for painting motor vehicle bodies, comprises a sprayer for applying a coating material by means of an application element and an internal color-changer valve assembly, said assembly having several color inlets for selecting coating materials of different colors. The internal color-changer valve assembly is integrated into the sprayer and is connected by its outlet to the application element, in order to feed the selected coating material to the application element. Further, an external color-changer valve assembly has several color inlets for selecting coating materials of different colors, said external color-changer assembly having a separate structure from the sprayer and being connected by its outlet to the application element, in order to feed the selected coating material to the application element. An operating method corresponds to the device. | 01-15-2015 |