JP2009291762A - Painting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a painting apparatus in which energy saving is devised by improving a heat source supplying system to heat air to be supplied to a painting chamber and to heat air for drying to be supplied to a drying furnace. <P>SOLUTION: The painting apparatus includes a painting chamber 3, a drying furnace 5, an air supplying device 8 for supplying air conditioned with temperature and humidity to the painting chamber 3, and a drying air circulating and supplying device 10 for supplying hot air for drying to the drying furnace 5. The drying air circulating and supplying device 10 heats the air for drying sucked from the drying furnace 5 with combustion gas of a burner unit 13, adjusts a temperature of the heated air for drying by passing through a heat exchanger 15, and thereafter supplies into the drying furnace 5. The air supplying device 8 passes outside air through a heat exchanger 20 for cooling exchanging the heat of the outside air with that of cold water to cool, thereafter passes through a heat exchanger 15 of the drying air circulating and supplying device 10 to heat, and thereafter humidifies with a humidifier 29 supplied with steam thereto from a steam source 31 to supply into the painting chamber 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a coating apparatus, and more particularly to a coating apparatus that saves energy by improving a heat source supply system in a coating chamber and a drying furnace.

  Conventionally, in a coating apparatus equipped with a coating chamber and a drying furnace, the outside air is passed through an air conditioning unit (hereinafter referred to as AHU (Air Handling Unit)), and the temperature and humidity are within a predetermined range (for example, 20 to 28 ° C., 60 By supplying air adjusted to about ± 3%) to the painting room, the atmosphere of the painting environment is kept almost constant to stabilize the painting process, and the workpiece after painting is heated to a predetermined high temperature (90 ° C). It is configured to pass through a drying furnace supplied with the drying air and stably dry at a required speed to obtain a high-quality coating film.

  More specifically with reference to FIG. 2, the work is held by the transport rack 51 and supplied to the coating chamber 52. In the painting chamber 52, a painting booth 54 provided with a painting robot 53 is provided. In addition, air in which the temperature and humidity are adjusted to a predetermined range is supplied into the painting chamber 52 through the filter box 55, and the atmosphere in the painting booth 54 is sucked in the upper part thereof and is exhausted by the exhaust fan 56 into the atmosphere. Have been discharged. The air supplied into the painting chamber 52 passes outside air through an AHU 62 including a filter 57, a fan 58, a cooling heat exchanger 59, a heating heat exchanger 60, and a humidifier 61, thereby once cooling the outside air. Then, after removing the humidity, it is heated to a predetermined temperature and then humidified to a predetermined humidity. Cold water is circulated and supplied to the cooling heat exchanger 59 from a chilled water tank 64 attached to the chiller unit 63, and steam is supplied to the heating heat exchanger 60 and the humidifier 61 from a steam source 65 of the factory. .

  Further, the workpiece coated in the coating chamber 52 is held by the transport rack 51 and supplied to the drying furnace 67 through the setting furnace 66. A predetermined high temperature (90 ° C.) drying air is circulated and supplied into the drying furnace 67. The drying air is filtered by heating the air sucked from the drying furnace 67 by the circulation fan 68 through a heating heat exchanger 69 using steam supplied from a factory steam source 65 as a heat source to a predetermined temperature. It is configured to be supplied into the drying furnace 67 through the box 70.

  The water vapor after passing through the heat exchangers 60 and 69 for heating is discharged out of the system as drain. The setting furnace 66 is supplied with the air in the drying furnace 67, and the internal air is circulated by the circulation fan 72 through the filter unit 71.

In order to save energy in the continuous coating equipment for steel sheets, fumes generated from the coating film in the drying furnace are collected and incinerated, and the high temperature exhaust gas from the incinerator is used as a feedback heat source to the drying furnace. What was made is known (for example, refer patent document 1).
JP-A-61-82870

  However, in the configuration of the coating apparatus shown in FIG. 2, the heat of the steam generated by the steam source 65 such as a boiler device is used as the heat source of the drying air in the drying furnace 67, and the heat of the steam and the suction from the drying furnace 67 are used. Since the drying air is heat-exchanged by the heating heat exchanger 69 and the drying air is supplied to the drying furnace 67 at a predetermined high temperature, the thermal efficiency when steam is generated by the boiler device is improved. In addition, the heat exchange efficiency in the heat exchanger 69 for heating is low, so that there is a problem that heat loss is large.

  In addition, the heating heat exchanger 60 that heats the air supplied into the coating chamber 52 to a predetermined temperature also uses the heat of water vapor generated by the steam source as the heat source, so that heat loss is similarly caused. Therefore, there is a problem that the thermal efficiency of the entire coating apparatus is low and a great amount of heat energy is consumed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that in a continuous coating apparatus for steel sheets, the use of combustion energy of fume in a drying furnace for heating drying air is suggested, but suggests means for solving the above-mentioned problems. Not.

  In view of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention provides a coating apparatus that saves energy by improving a heat source supply system for heating air supplied to a coating chamber and drying air supplied to a drying furnace. With the goal.

  The coating apparatus of the present invention includes a coating chamber, a drying furnace, an air supply device that supplies air with adjusted temperature and humidity to the coating chamber, and a drying air circulation supply device that supplies high-temperature drying air to the drying furnace. The drying air circulation supply device heats the drying air sucked from the drying furnace with the combustion gas of the burner unit, and passes the heated drying air through a heat exchanger to adjust the temperature. Then, the air supply device cools the outside air through a cooling heat exchanger that exchanges heat with cold water, and then heats it through the heat exchanger of the drying air circulation supply device. Then, it is humidified by a humidifier to which water vapor is supplied from a steam source and supplied into the coating chamber.

  According to this configuration, when the drying air supplied to the drying furnace is heated directly by the combustion gas of the burner unit, high thermal efficiency can be secured, and heat exchange through which the cold air passes through temperature variations that are likely to occur in that case By adjusting the temperature in the vessel, the drying air controlled to the required temperature can be supplied to the drying furnace, and the air supplied to the coating chamber is once cooled and then heated again to adjust its humidity. However, when the air is heated, it is heated by a heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the drying air, so that a separate heat source is required to effectively use the heat generated during temperature adjustment of the drying air. Instead, energy can be saved greatly by heating the drying air and the air supplied to the coating chamber. Note that the water vapor supplied from the steam source is used only for adjusting the humidity of the air supplied to the coating chamber.

  In addition, a first temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the air supplied to the coating chamber is provided, a heat exchange bypass passage for bypassing the heat exchanger is provided in the supply air passage in the air supply device, and the cold water is used for cooling. By providing a cold water bypass passage that bypasses the exchanger and controlling the flow rate of the heat exchange bypass passage and / or the cold water bypass passage according to the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor, depending on the temperature of the air supplied to the coating chamber, The temperature can be adjusted accurately by fine-tuning the amount of heat exchanged with the drying air and / or the degree of cooling of the outside air, and it is possible to reliably cope with large changes in the outside air temperature in summer and winter. be able to.

  Further, in the drying air circulation supply device, a second temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace is provided, and the fuel supply amount to the burner unit is set according to the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. When controlled, the amount of heat generated in the burner unit is controlled according to the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace, so that the temperature of the drying air can be greatly adjusted with good responsiveness.

  Further, in the drying air circulation supply device, a third temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the drying air supplied into the drying furnace is provided, and the heat exchanger bypass passage through which the drying air bypasses the heat exchanger If the flow rate of the heat exchanger bypass is controlled according to the temperature detected by the third temperature sensor, the temperature adjustment of the drying air can be adjusted with higher accuracy and better responsiveness.

  In addition, a differential pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the painting chamber is provided, and a blower fan that supplies air into the painting chamber and an exhaust fan that exhausts air from the painting chamber are controlled according to the pressure detected by the differential pressure sensor. When maintained at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, the outside air (air in the factory) does not enter the coating chamber, the atmosphere in the coating chamber can be stably maintained in the required state, and the environment that guarantees high-quality coating film formation is stable. Can be secured.

  According to the coating apparatus of the present invention, the drying air supplied to the drying furnace is directly heated by the combustion gas of the burner unit, so that high thermal efficiency can be secured and the temperature is adjusted by the heat exchanger through which the cold air passes. The controlled drying air can be supplied to the drying furnace, and the air supplied to the coating chamber is heated by the heat exchanger, so that the drying air and the air supplied to the coating chamber can be heated. Significant energy savings can be achieved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a coating apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a coating apparatus, which is configured to sequentially feed a coating rack 3, a setting furnace 4, and a drying furnace 5 by moving a transport rack 2 holding a workpiece along a transport line. A painting booth 7 having a painting robot 6 is arranged in the painting chamber 3. In addition, an air supply device 8 for supplying air whose temperature and humidity are adjusted to a predetermined range into the painting chamber 3 and an exhaust fan 9 for sucking and discharging the atmosphere inside the painting booth 7 to the atmosphere are provided. ing.

  The setting furnace 4 preheats the coated workpiece so that it is not rapidly heated in the drying furnace 5, introduces the drying air in the drying furnace 5, and uses the circulation fan 4b through the filter box 4a. It is configured to circulate air. The drying furnace 5 is configured such that the coating film is dried by contacting the drying air while the transport rack 2 holding the workpiece moves at a predetermined speed along the internal transport line. The drying furnace 5 sucks drying air from the inside of the drying furnace 5 on the inlet side of the transport rack 2, heats it to 90 ° C., and supplies it again into the drying furnace 5 from the outlet side of the transport rack 2. A device 10 is provided.

  The drying air circulation supply device 10 burns LPG supplied from a filter box 11 through which drying air sucked from the drying furnace 5 and fresh air to be taken in, a circulation fan 12, and an LPG source 14 are burned. It comprises a burner unit 13 for heating the drying air with gas, and a heat exchanger 15 for adjusting the temperature of the drying air by exchanging heat between the heated drying air and cold air described later. Is heated with the combustion gas of the burner unit 13, and the temperature of the heated drying air is adjusted to 90 ° C. with the heat exchanger 15 and then supplied into the drying furnace 5.

  The air supply device 8 includes a cooling unit 16 that cools the outside air taken in, the heat exchanger 15 that heats the cooled supply air with the heated drying air and heats it to a predetermined temperature, and the supply air. A humidifying unit 17 for applying a predetermined humidity is provided, and supply air adjusted to a predetermined temperature and humidity is sent into the coating chamber 3 through the filter box 18.

  The cooling unit 16 is configured to pass the taken outside air through the filter 19 to the cooling heat exchanger 20. The cooling heat exchanger 20 is configured such that cold water is circulated and supplied from a cold water tank 22 attached to the chiller unit 21, and a cold water bypass path 24 that bypasses the cooling heat exchanger 20 to the cold water circulation path 23. And a flow rate control valve 25 for controlling the flow rate.

  The air that has exited the cooling unit 16 passes through the supply air flow path 26, passes through the heat exchanger 15, and is supplied to the humidification unit 17, and the heat exchanger 15 passes through the supply air flow path 26. A heat exchange bypass passage 27 for bypassing is provided. The supply air passage 26 and the heat exchange bypass passage 27 are provided with flow rate control valves 28a and 28b for controlling the flow rate of air flowing therethrough.

  The humidifying unit 17 is provided with a humidifier 29 and a blower fan 30 for jetting water vapor into the supply air and humidifying. The humidifier 29 is connected to the humidifier 29 through a steam pipe 32 from a steam source 31 such as a boiler installed in a factory. A flow rate control valve 33 configured to supply water vapor and controlling the amount of water vapor supplied to the steam pipe 32 is provided.

  A first temperature sensor 34 for detecting the temperature of the supply air and a humidity sensor 35 for detecting the humidity are disposed in the supply air flow path 26 at a position before the coating chamber 3, and the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor 34 is adjusted. Accordingly, the flow rate of the flow control valve 25 and / or 28a, 28b is controlled to control the flow rate of the cold water passing through the cold water bypass passage 24 and / or the air passing through the heat exchange bypass passage 27. Further, a differential pressure sensor 36 for detecting the pressure in the painting chamber 3 is provided. By controlling the operation of the blower fan 30 and the exhaust fan 9 in accordance with the pressure detected by the differential pressure sensor 36, the interior of the painting chamber 3 is increased. It is configured to maintain a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure.

  Further, the drying air circulation supply device 10 is provided with a second temperature sensor 37 for detecting the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace 5, and the flow rate control valve according to the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor 37. 38 is controlled to control the amount of fuel supplied to the burner unit 13. Further, a third temperature sensor 39 for detecting the temperature of the drying air supplied into the drying furnace 5 is provided, and a heat exchanger bypass passage 40 for the drying air to bypass the heat exchanger 15 is provided, and Flow control valves 41 a and 41 b are provided for controlling the flow rate of the drying air passing through the heat exchanger 15 and the flow rate of the drying air passing through the heat exchanger bypass 40, depending on the temperature detected by the third temperature sensor 39. The flow rate of the drying air passing through the heat exchanger 15 and the heat exchanger bypass 40 is controlled.

  According to the configuration of the above embodiment, since the drying air supplied to the drying furnace 5 is directly heated by the combustion gas of the burner unit 13 in the drying air circulation supply device 10, high thermal efficiency is achieved. It is necessary to adjust the temperature in the heat exchanger 15 through which the cold air that has passed through the cooling heat exchanger 20 in the air supply device 10 to the coating chamber 3 passes through the temperature variation that can easily be secured in that case. The drying air controlled at the temperature (90 ° C.) can be supplied to the drying furnace 5.

  The air supplied to the coating chamber 3 is once cooled and then heated again in order to adjust its humidity. When the air is heated, it is heated by the heat exchanger 15 that exchanges heat with the drying air. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a separate heat source by effectively using the waste heat generated when adjusting the temperature of the drying air. Thus, significant energy savings can be achieved in heating the drying air supplied to the drying furnace 5 and the air supplied to the coating chamber 3.

  As a specific numerical example, in the conventional apparatus in which the heating of the air supplied to the coating chamber 3 and the heating of the drying air circulated to the drying furnace 5 are exchanged with the steam supplied from the steam source. In the present embodiment, 269,300 kcal / h is required in the winter season when the maximum heating energy is required, whereas in this embodiment, the heating load due to the use of exhaust heat in the heat exchanger 15 is 77,00 kcal / h, humidification The load is 79,000 kcal / h (steam amount 127 kg / h), the heating load for the drying air in the drying furnace 5 is 34,800 kcal / h, the steady loss is 16,300 kcal / h, and the total is 207100 kcal / h, about 30% energy saving was achieved.

  Further, a first temperature sensor 34 for detecting the temperature of the air supplied to the coating chamber 3 is provided, and the flow rate control valves 28a and 28b and / or the flow rate control valve 25 are set according to the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor 34. Since the flow rate of the heat exchange bypass passage 27 and / or the cold water bypass passage 24 is controlled by control, the amount of heat exchanged with the drying air and the amount of outside air according to the temperature of the air supplied to the coating chamber 3 are controlled. By finely adjusting the degree of cooling, the temperature of the air supplied to the painting chamber 3 can be adjusted with high accuracy, and it is possible to reliably cope with a large change in the outside air temperature in summer and winter. it can.

  In the drying air circulation supply device 10, the amount of fuel supplied to the burner unit 13 is controlled according to the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor 37 that detects the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace 5. Therefore, by controlling the amount of heat generated in the burner unit 13 in accordance with the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace 5, the temperature of the drying air can be largely adjusted with good responsiveness. Further, since the flow rate of the heat exchanger bypass 40 is controlled according to the temperature detected by the third temperature sensor 39 that detects the temperature of the drying air supplied into the drying furnace 5, Temperature adjustment can be adjusted with higher accuracy and better responsiveness.

  Also, painting is performed by controlling the blower fan 30 that supplies air into the painting chamber 3 and the exhaust fan 9 that exhausts air from the painting chamber 3 according to the pressure detected by the differential pressure sensor 36 that detects the pressure in the painting chamber 3. Since the interior of the chamber 3 is maintained at a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure, there is no risk that outside air (air in the factory) may enter the painting chamber 3, and the atmosphere in the painting chamber 3 can be stably maintained in a required state. It is possible to maintain a stable environment that ensures high quality coating film formation.

  In the coating apparatus of the present invention, the drying air supplied to the drying furnace is directly heated by the combustion gas of the burner unit, so that high thermal efficiency can be ensured and the temperature is adjusted by a heat exchanger through which cold air passes, so that the required temperature is controlled. The drying air thus supplied can be supplied to the drying furnace, and the air supplied to the coating chamber is heated by the heat exchanger, so that the drying air and the air supplied to the coating chamber are greatly heated. Energy saving can be achieved and it can be suitably used for energy saving of the coating apparatus.

The whole schematic block diagram of one Embodiment of the coating device of this invention. The whole schematic block diagram of the coating apparatus of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coating apparatus 3 Coating room 5 Drying furnace 8 Air supply apparatus 9 Exhaust fan 10 Drying air circulation supply apparatus 13 Burner unit 15 Heat exchanger 20 Cooling heat exchanger 24 Cold water bypass path 25 Flow control valve 26 Supply air path 27 Heat exchange bypass 28a, 28b Flow control valve 29 Humidifier 30 Blower fan 31 Steam source 34 First temperature sensor 36 Differential pressure sensor 37 Second temperature sensor 38 Flow control valve 39 Second temperature sensor 40 Heat exchanger bypass Channel 41a, 41b Flow control valve

Claims (5)

  In a coating apparatus comprising a painting chamber, a drying furnace, an air supply device for supplying air with adjusted temperature and humidity to the painting chamber, and a drying air circulation supply device for supplying high-temperature drying air to the drying furnace The drying air circulation supply unit heats the drying air sucked from the drying furnace with the combustion gas of the burner unit, passes the heated drying air through a heat exchanger, adjusts the temperature, and then supplies the drying air to the drying furnace The air supply device cools the outside air through a cooling heat exchanger that exchanges heat with cold water, then heats it through the heat exchanger of the drying air circulation supply device, and then supplies steam from a steam source. A coating apparatus characterized by being humidified by a humidifier and supplying it into a coating chamber.   A first temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the air supplied to the coating chamber is provided, a heat exchange bypass passage for bypassing the heat exchanger is provided in the supply air passage in the air supply device, and the cold water is used as a cooling heat exchanger. 2. The coating according to claim 1, wherein a cold water bypass passage is provided to bypass the heat exchanger, and a flow rate of the heat exchange bypass passage and / or the cooling heat exchanger bypass passage is controlled according to a temperature detected by the first temperature sensor. apparatus.   In the drying air circulation supply device, a second temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the drying air sucked from the drying furnace is provided, and the fuel supply amount to the burner unit is controlled according to the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. The coating apparatus according to claim 1.   In the drying air circulation supply device, a third temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the drying air supplied into the drying furnace is provided, and a heat exchanger bypass passage for the drying air to bypass the heat exchanger is provided, The coating apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the flow rate of the heat exchanger bypass path is controlled in accordance with a temperature detected by the third temperature sensor.   A differential pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the paint chamber is provided, and the blower fan that supplies air into the paint chamber and the exhaust fan that exhausts air from the paint chamber are controlled according to the pressure detected by the differential pressure sensor. 2. The coating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating apparatus is maintained at a higher pressure.

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