EP3302822B1 - Dispositif d'enduction équipé d'un moyen de prolongement - Google Patents

Dispositif d'enduction équipé d'un moyen de prolongement Download PDF

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EP3302822B1
EP3302822B1 EP16725498.6A EP16725498A EP3302822B1 EP 3302822 B1 EP3302822 B1 EP 3302822B1 EP 16725498 A EP16725498 A EP 16725498A EP 3302822 B1 EP3302822 B1 EP 3302822B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/16—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/18—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling the spray area using fluids, e.g. gas streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/16—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling the spray area
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
    • B05B13/02—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
    • B05B13/0221—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work characterised by the means for moving or conveying the objects or other work, e.g. conveyor belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C11/00—Component parts, details or accessories not specifically provided for in groups B05C1/00 - B05C9/00
    • B05C11/10—Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material
    • B05C11/1039—Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material; Controlling means therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C21/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, not provided for in groups B05C1/00 - B05C19/00
    • B05C21/005—Masking devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/0204—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work for applying liquid or other fluent material to the edges of essentially flat articles

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  • the present invention relates to a coating device with a transport device that transports a workpiece and / or a flat profile along a coating head in a transport direction, which provides the edge of the workpiece and / or the flat profile with a coating.
  • Coating devices of this type are known from the prior art. See also JP2011147897 , In these coating devices, a workpiece is transported relative to a coating head, which provides an edge of the workpiece with a coating, for example a lacquer, in particular a water lacquer. However, the coating can also be a radiation-curing lacquer. In the case of the coating heads of the applicant here, an additional negative pressure is present on the coating head in comparison to the ambient pressure, through which an air stream is sucked into the coating head, by means of which the layer thickness of the coating is regulated and too much applied coating material is removed again.
  • the coating devices from the prior art however, have the disadvantage that paint accumulations and / or defects can occur at the corners of the workpieces.
  • the object is achieved with a coating device with a transport device which transports a workpiece and / or a preferably flat profile along a coating head in a transport direction, which provides the edge of a workpiece and / or the profile with a coating, the coating device at least one extension means has, which reversibly extends the edge to be coated and / or the profile in and / or against the transport direction.
  • the present invention relates to a coating device which, for example, applies a lacquer, in particular a water-based lacquer and / or a radiation-curing lacquer, to part of the circumferential edge of a workpiece or and / or to a flat profile.
  • the workpiece / profile can be made of wood, metal, plastic or a combination of these materials.
  • the workpiece / profile can for example be rectangular or square.
  • the workpiece is preferably plate-like provided, ie one dimension is significantly smaller than the other two.
  • At least part of the peripheral edge of the workpiece, usually one side of the peripheral edge, is always coated.
  • the profile can be, for example, a frame part of a window or a door or a kitchen front. In any case, it is important that the coating is applied evenly, in particular that there are no paint lenses or imperfections.
  • the coating device has a coating head or an application chamber through which the lacquer is applied, with a relative movement being present between the application head and the workpiece / profile during coating.
  • the coating head or the application chamber is preferably stationary and the workpiece / profile moves in a particularly linear transport direction relative to the coating head, the movement of the workpiece / profile during coating being continuous or discontinuous.
  • the coating is applied to the edge of the workpiece.
  • one side of the profile is partially or completely coated.
  • the layer thickness with which the lacquer is applied to the workpiece / profile is furthermore preferably regulated by an air stream, the excess lacquer is removed from the workpiece / profile again and / or is evenly distributed over the workpiece / profile.
  • This air flow is preferably generated by applying a negative pressure to the coating head or the application chamber, with which air is sucked through a gap between the workpiece / profile and the coating head or the application chamber, which strips excess paint from the workpiece / profile.
  • This air stream is preferably fed downstream of the coating head or the application chamber to a deposition system which at least partially, preferably almost completely, removes the paint components from the air stream.
  • the coating agent is dried. This can be done, for example, by supplying heat and / or radiation, for example by means of an IR or UV radiator.
  • the coating device has at least one extension means which reversibly extends the edge to be coated or the profile in and / or counter to the transport direction.
  • the extension means is brought into contact with the workpiece / profile before and / or when it enters, and together with it passes through the coating head.
  • the extension means extends the edge to be coated or the profile in the transport direction of the workpiece / profile through the coating head.
  • an extension means can be provided before and / or after the edge or profile to be coated.
  • the extension means extends the edge or profile to be coated in the same shape, i.e. it preferably has at least in the contact area with the workpiece / profile the same width and / or the same contour as the edge to be coated or the profile. If the part of the peripheral edge to be coated or the profile is convex, for example, the part of the extension means which adjoins the edge to be coated is also convex and has at least approximately the same curvature as the edge to be coated or the profile. The same applies, for example, to an edge or a profile with a concave or a straight shape. Preferably, there is as little as possible a gap, in particular no gap, between the extension and the workpiece / profile.
  • Each extension means is preferably provided interchangeably on the coating device, so that it can also be exchanged when the shape of the workpieces / profiles to be coated and / or when the shape of the edge or the profile to be coated changes.
  • the extension means preferably moves at least temporarily, in particular during the coating process, at the same speed and in the same direction as the workpiece / profile.
  • the extension means is preferably accelerated or braked in such a way that it comes into contact with the workpiece / profile, which is moving in particular.
  • it is preferably moved at the same speed and particularly preferably in the same direction as the workpiece / profile during coating.
  • the extension means preferably lies flush with the edge or the profile, at least in the corner region of the edge or the profile to be coated.
  • the extension means preferably tapers starting from the contact area between the workpiece / profile and the extension means in or against the transport direction of the workpiece, ie the distance between the connecting edge of the extension to the workpiece / profile and the coating head increases with increasing distance from the respective one Corner area of the edge to be coated or the coating surface of the profile, parallel to the direction of movement of the workpiece / profile.
  • the extension means consists of a material and / or is provided with a coating on which the coating agent adheres to a reduced extent compared to the workpiece / profile. This makes it easier to remove the coating, which is also necessarily applied to parts of the extension agent.
  • the extension agent in particular in the case of a water-soluble coating agent, can be cooled in particular at or below the dew point of the surrounding air. As a result, the coating agent does not dry on the extension agent and can be removed comparatively easily.
  • the coating device preferably has a cleaning means for the extension means which removes coating means from the extension means.
  • each extension means is cycled, i.e. after coating a workpiece / profile, it is brought back to a starting position and from there it is brought into contact with a new workpiece / profile. During this cycle, the extension agent is then preferably also cleaned.
  • the coating device preferably has a plurality of extension means which are moved in a circle.
  • the extension means can be driven by any drive familiar to a person skilled in the art.
  • Another object of the present invention is a method for coating the edge of a workpiece or a profile, which is transported past a coating head in a transport direction and thereby the edge or one side of the profile is coated by the coating head, in which prior to coating the edge to be coated or the profile is reversibly extended in and / or against the transport direction.
  • the edge to be coated or the side of the profile to be coated is reversibly extended.
  • the extension is removed from the workpiece or profile.
  • the extension means is moved in order to come into contact with the workpiece or the profile.
  • the extension means is preferably accelerated in order to come into contact with the workpiece.
  • the workpiece preferably moves during the approach of the extension means. After contact between the extension means and the workpiece / profile, they move at the same speed and in the same direction until the contact is released.
  • Figure 1 shows the coating device 7 according to the invention, which has a coating head 4 with which a coating agent, for example a lacquer, in particular a water lacquer, is applied to an edge 3 of a workpiece 1.
  • a coating agent for example a lacquer, in particular a water lacquer
  • the coating head has at least one nozzle with which the coating agent is applied to the edge to be coated.
  • the coating head 4 preferably has a means with which an air flow from the surroundings can be generated into the coating head through a gap between the workpiece and the coating head.
  • the agent is a negative pressure relative to the ambient pressure. With the air flow, too much applied coating agent is removed from the workpiece again, or the coating is evened out.
  • the coating device now has at least one, here two extension means 2, each of which directly adjoins the edge to be coated and virtually extends it, and which are transported together with the workpiece through the coating head.
  • each extension means Before being coated, each extension means is brought into contact with the workpiece such that there is preferably, if at all, only a very small gap between the workpiece and the extension means.
  • each extension means 2 is accelerated or braked relative to the workpiece 1.
  • the extension means 2 and the workpiece 1 have the same speed or the same direction of movement.
  • the Extension means 2 removed from the workpiece 1 again and the coating can be dried in the process or afterwards.
  • the extension means 2 are preferably provided with the same shape as the edge to be coated, that is to say they have, for example, the same width B as the workpiece.
  • the extension means preferably has the same curvature at least in the immediate connection area to the workpiece.
  • the connecting edge of the extension means is also straight.
  • the direction of movement 5 of the workpiece is again shown, which in the present case is directed out of the paper plane.
  • Figure 3 shows a further embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • the extension means 2 have a taper 6. It can be seen that the connecting edge of the extension means, starting from the workpiece, retracts in and against the transport direction. This results in a particularly uniform painting without defects and accumulation of paint.

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  1. Dispositif de revêtement (7) comprenant un dispositif de transport qui transporte une pièce (1) et/ou un profil de préférence plat dans une direction de transport (5) le long d'une tête de revêtement (4) qui applique un revêtement sur le bord (3) de la pièce (1) et/ou du profil, la tête de revêtement (4) présentant un moyen avec lequel un flux d'air peut être généré provenant de l'environnement dans la tête de revêtement (4) par une fente entre la pièce (1) et la tête de revêtement (4), le moyen étant notamment un vide, le dispositif de revêtement (7) présentant au moins un moyen de prolongement (2) qui se prolonge de manière réversible dans et/ou contre la direction de transport (5) par rapport au bord (3) ou le profil à revêtir, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement (2) est fabriqué dans un matériau et/ou est doté d'un revêtement sur lequel le moyen de revêtement adhère de façon réduite comparé à la pièce/au profil, et/ou le moyen de prolongement (2) étant refroidi, de préférence au ou en dessous du point de rosée de l'air ambiant.
  2. Dispositif de revêtement (7) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement (2) prolonge la forme du bord et/ou du profil.
  3. Dispositif de revêtement (7) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement (2) affleure le bord (3) et/ou le profil.
  4. Dispositif de revêtement (7) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente un nettoyage pour le moyen de prolongement (2).
  5. Procédé de revêtement du bord (3) d'une pièce (1) et/ou d'un profil qui sont transportés dans une direction de transport (5) respectivement devant une tête de revêtement (4) d'un dispositif de revêtement (7) selon l'une des revendications précédentes puis le bord (3) de la pièce et/ou un côté du profil plat sont revêtus par la tête de revêtement caractérisé en ce que le bord (3) et/ou le profil à revêtir se prolongent de manière réversible dans et/ou contre la direction de transport avec le moyen de prolongement (2) avant le revêtement.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement (2) est accéléré afin de venir en contact avec la pièce/le profil.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement (2) est déplacé au moins temporairement à la même vitesse que la pièce/le profil, notamment pendant l'opération de revêtement.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement est introduit dans le cercle.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de revêtement présente deux ou plusieurs moyens de prolongement utilisés en alternance sur chaque côté de la pièce.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de prolongement est exploité et/ou commandé par intermittence.
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