JP2011212632A - Electrostatic coating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrostatic coating method in which coating efficiency can be enhanced by setting a coating pattern in a desired shape.SOLUTION: The electrostatic coating method uses a rotary atomizing coating device 1 to electrostatically coat an object W to be coated. An electrically charged coating material is atomized and ejected from the edge of the front end of the rotary atomizing head 22 of the rotary atomizing coating device 1, and shaping air is ejected toward the vicinity of the edge of the front end of the rotary atomizing head 22, the shaping air restricting the angle of ejection of the coating material by different restriction forces in a first area 410 and a second area 420 which are divided in the circumferential direction about the rotation axis X of the rotary atomizing head 22. As a result, an asymmetrically shaped coating pattern PA is formed. The method is characterized in that, in coating the end part of the object W, coating is performed so that a region with a narrow pattern width of the coating pattern PA faces the outside of the object W.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrostatic coating method. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electrostatic coating method for performing electrostatic coating by spraying paint from the tip of a rotary atomizing head.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rotary atomizing electrostatic coating method is known as a coating method for coating the body of an automobile. In this electrostatic coating method, a rotating liquid atomizing head is rotated while applying a high voltage, and in this state, a conductive liquid paint is supplied to the rotating atomizing head. As a result, the liquid paint is charged and atomized, and sprayed from the leading edge of the rotary atomizing head to perform electrostatic coating.

  In the above electrostatic coating method, the diameter of the coating pattern of the paint sprayed from the rotary atomizing head hardly changes. For this reason, when the shape of the object to be coated is complicated, there are cases where the paint cannot be reliably applied to the object to be coated.

  Therefore, a method has been proposed in which a plurality of air holes and air slits formed in an arc shape are provided symmetrically with respect to the rotation axis of the rotary atomizing head, and air is ejected from these air holes or air slits (Patent Literature). 1). According to this method, it is supposed that the coating pattern shape of the paint sprayed from the rotary atomizing head can be deformed by the air ejected from the air hole or the air slit.

JP 60-54754 A

  However, in the method of Patent Document 1, the shape of each air hole or each air slit arranged symmetrically with respect to the rotation axis of the rotary atomizing head is the same, and each air hole or each air slit from the air supply source. Since the flow rate of the air supplied to the same was the same, the shape of the coating pattern could only be deformed in a symmetrical manner. For this reason, when painting the edge part of a to-be-coated object, overspray occurred and the coating efficiency fell.

  The objective of this invention is providing the electrostatic coating method which can set a coating pattern to a desired shape and can improve coating efficiency.

  The present invention is an electrostatic coating method for electrostatically coating an object to be coated (for example, an object W to be described later) using a rotary atomizing type coating apparatus (for example, an atomizing type coating apparatus 1 to be described later). In addition, the charged paint is sprayed from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head (for example, the rotary atomizing head 22 described later) of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus, and the rotating shaft (for example, described later) of the rotary atomizing head. The shaping force that regulates the jetting angle of the paint is different for each of the zones (for example, first zone 410, 410A and second zone 420, 420A described later) divided in the circumferential direction centering on the rotation axis X). When air is blown toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head to form an asymmetrical coating pattern (for example, coating pattern PA described later) and the end of the object to be coated is coated The pattern width of the coating pattern There area characterized by coating as directed on the outside of the object to be coated.

In the present invention, the regulation force for regulating the spray angle of the paint is different for each area divided in the circumferential direction around the rotation axis toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head to which the charged paint is sprayed. By spraying shaping air, an asymmetrical coating pattern was formed. And when painting the edge part of a to-be-painted object, it was made to paint with the area | region where a pattern width is narrow toward the outer side of a to-be-coated object.
Thereby, since the area | region with a narrow pattern width | variety can be applied toward the outer side of a to-be-coated object, the overspray which became a problem conventionally can be suppressed. Therefore, according to the present invention, the coating efficiency, that is, the coating efficiency can be improved.

Here, in the present invention, the “regulatory force that regulates the spray angle of the paint” refers to a force that directs the paint ejected outward from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head inward. means. Examples of the parameter having a correlation with the regulation force include a twisting angle of the shaping air, a flow velocity or a flow rate.
Further, in the present invention, the “application pattern” means an application range in which a coating film thickness that can ensure the required quality as a paint is obtained. For example, the coating range in which a coating film thickness of 1/2 is obtained with respect to the coating film thickness in the region located on the rotation axis extension line of the rotary atomizing head where the coating film thickness becomes maximum is defined as the coating pattern. Can do.

  In this case, as the rotary atomizing coating apparatus, the rotary atomizing head and an air outlet that surrounds the rotary atomizing head and ejects the shaping air (for example, a first air outlet described later) 411, a second air ejection port 421) having an air ejection hole (for example, a first air ejection hole 41, a second air ejection hole 42, which will be described later) having an opening, and the air ejection port is connected to the rotating shaft. A plurality of the air ejection holes are inclined in the circumferential direction at different inclination angles for each of the areas (for example, a first area 410 and a second area 420 described later). It is preferable to use a plurality of rotary atomizing coating apparatuses.

In this invention, while providing an air jet on the same circumference centering on the rotating shaft of a rotary atomizing head, the air jet hole which uses this air jet as an opening part for every area divided into the circumference direction The rotary atomizing type coating device provided in the circumferential direction with different inclination angles was used.
Thus, the shaping air ejected from the air ejection port is ejected in a twisted direction with a different twist angle for each zone with respect to the rotation axis of the rotary atomizing head. Here, there is a correlation between the twisting angle of the shaping air and the regulation force that regulates the jetting angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head, and the coating pattern width can be adjusted by adjusting the twisting angle of the air Has been found by the inventors' research.
Therefore, according to the present invention, since the regulating force for regulating the spray angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head can be made different for each area, the shape of the coating pattern can be deformed asymmetrically. it can. Therefore, the effect of the said invention is show | played reliably.

  In addition, as the rotary atomizing coating apparatus, the rotary atomizing head and an air outlet (see, for example, a first air outlet 411A described later) formed around the rotary atomizing head and ejecting the shaping air. , A second air outlet 421A), and a plurality of the air outlets are arranged on the same circumference around the rotation axis, and the opening area of the air outlet is the area (for example, It is preferable to use a different rotary atomizing coating apparatus for each of the first zone 410A and the second zone 420A) described later.

In this invention, while providing an air jet on the same circumference centering on the rotating shaft of the rotary atomizing head, the rotary atomizing type coating apparatus which set the opening area of this air jet different for every area Was used.
Here, when the flow area of the air supplied to the air outlet is constant and the opening area of the air outlet is increased, the flow velocity of the jetted air is reduced and the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head The regulation power that regulates the jet angle of is weakened. On the other hand, if the opening area of the air outlet is reduced, the flow rate of the jetted air is increased, and the regulation force is increased.
Therefore, according to the present invention, air can be ejected at different flow velocities for each zone, so that the spray angle of the paint can be regulated with different regulation force for each zone. That is, the paint can be ejected at different ejection angles for each area, and the shape of the coating pattern can be asymmetrically deformed. Therefore, the effect of the said invention is show | played reliably.

  Further, as the rotary atomizing coating apparatus, the air outlet is connected to individual air supply means (for example, a first air supply unit 51 and a second air supply unit 52 described later) for each section. It is preferable to use an atomizing coating apparatus.

In the present invention, a rotary atomizing coating apparatus is used in which the air outlet is connected to individual air supply means for each zone in the circumferential direction, and air is supplied for each zone.
Here, if the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is increased, the regulating force for regulating the ejection angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head becomes stronger. On the other hand, when the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is reduced, the regulation force is weakened.
Therefore, according to the present invention, since air can be ejected at a different flow rate for each zone, the spray angle of the paint can be regulated with a different regulation force for each zone. That is, the paint can be ejected at different ejection angles for each area, and the shape of the coating pattern can be asymmetrically deformed. In particular, the air supply amount is reduced for air jet holes with a large inclination angle in the circumferential direction and air jet outlets with a large opening area, and air jet holes with a small inclination angle in the circumferential direction and air jets with a small opening area By increasing the amount of air supplied to the outlet, the shape of the coating pattern can be further asymmetrically deformed. Therefore, the effect of the invention is more reliably achieved.

  Also, when painting general parts other than the end of the object to be coated, increase the amount of air supplied to the air ejection holes with a large inclination angle in the circumferential direction and the air ejection openings with a large opening area. By reducing the amount of air supplied to air jet holes with a small inclination angle in the circumferential direction and air jet outlets with a small opening area, the shape of the coating pattern can be transformed into a symmetric circular shape for efficient painting. it can.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the electrostatic coating method which can set a coating pattern to a desired shape and can improve coating efficiency can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the rotary atomization type coating apparatus used with the electrostatic coating method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a side view of the said rotary atomization type coating device. It is sectional drawing of the front-end | tip part of the said rotary atomization type coating apparatus, and the schematic block diagram of an air supply part. It is a top view when the air cap of the said rotation atomization type coating apparatus is seen from the front end side. It is a side cross-sectional schematic diagram of the 2nd air ejection hole of the said rotary atomization type coating apparatus. It is a plane schematic diagram of the 2nd air ejection hole of the said rotary atomization type coating device. It is a figure which shows the application | coating pattern formed when electrostatic coating is performed using the said rotary atomization type coating device. It is a top view which shows a mode when it applies by applying the 1st example of the electrostatic coating method which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows a mode when coating the vicinity of the upper right end part of a to-be-coated object using the said rotary atomization type coating apparatus. It is a top view which shows a mode when it applies by applying the 2nd example of the electrostatic coating method which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a top view which shows a mode when it applies by applying the 3rd example of the electrostatic coating method which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a top view when the air cap of the rotary atomization type coating apparatus used with the electrostatic coating method which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is seen from the front end side.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the second embodiment, components that are the same as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment, and description thereof is omitted.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 used in the electrostatic coating method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1.
The rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 electrostatically coats the body 2 of the automobile, and has a cylindrical body portion 10 attached to the tip of the robot arm 3 and a substantially square shape with the tip portion bent. And the head part 20 provided in the front-end | tip of this body part 10 so that attachment or detachment is possible is provided.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the tip portion of the head unit 20 and a schematic configuration diagram of the air supply unit 50.
The head unit 20 includes an air motor (not shown), a rotary atomizing head 22 that is rotationally driven by the air motor, a paint supply unit (not shown) that supplies paint to the rotary atomizing head 22, and air surrounding the rotary atomizing head 22. The cap 40 and the housing 25 which accommodates these are provided.

  The rotary atomizing head 22 has a substantially conical shape having an inner diameter that increases toward the distal end side, and is provided at the distal end of the head portion 20. The rotary atomizing head 22 is rotatably provided with the rotation axis X as a rotation axis.

  The air cap 40 has a substantially conical shape whose inner diameter increases toward the distal end side, and is attached to the housing 25. The air cap 40 is formed so as to surround the rotary atomizing head 22, and a front end surface 400 of the air cap 40 is behind the front end edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 with respect to the spray direction of the paint. It is located in the middle of the rotary atomizing head 22.

  The front end surface 400 of the air cap 40 is provided with a plurality of first air ejection holes 41 and a plurality of second air ejection holes 42 formed so as to surround the rotary atomizing head 22. The first air ejection hole 41 is formed with the first air ejection port 411 as an opening, and the second air ejection hole 42 is formed with the second air ejection port 421 as an opening. From the first air outlet 411 and the second air outlet 421, shaping air is jetted in a counter-rotating direction opposite to the rotating direction of the rotary atomizing head 22.

The first air ejection hole 41 and the second air ejection hole 42 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the air cap 40 as viewed from the distal end side. As shown in FIG. 4, the front end surface 400 of the air cap 40 has an annular shape, and is arranged on the same circumferential center around the rotation axis X of the rotary atomizing head 22 on the annular front end surface 400. A plurality of first air ejection holes 41 and second air ejection holes 42 are formed.

The plurality of first air ejection holes 41 are arranged in a circumferential direction into one semi-annular portion (upper portion in FIG. 4) when the annular tip surface 400 is equally divided by a virtual line Y passing through the rotation axis X. It is arranged at equal intervals. The plurality of first air ejection holes 41 form a first area 410.
The plurality of second air ejection holes 42 are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction in the other semi-annular part (the lower part in FIG. 4). The plurality of second air ejection holes 42 form a second area 420.

  The diameter of the first air ejection port 411 that is the opening of the first air ejection hole 41 and the diameter of the second air ejection port 421 that is the opening of the second air ejection hole 42 are set to be the same.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first air ejection holes 41 in the first area 410 and the second air ejection holes 42 in the second area 420 are both inclined in the circumferential direction.
Further, the inclination angle in the circumferential direction of the first air ejection hole 41 is different from the inclination angle in the circumferential direction of the second air ejection hole 42.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side sectional view of the second air ejection hole 42. For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 5, the second air ejection hole 42 is shown by a solid line.
As shown in FIG. 5, the second air ejection hole 42 is inclined in the circumferential direction, specifically, in the counter-rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotary atomizing head 22 (arrow R direction in FIG. 5). Is provided. That is, the second air ejection hole 42 is provided so as to be inclined in the counter-rotating direction opposite to the rotating direction of the rotary atomizing head 22 as it goes from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the head portion 20.

In FIG. 5, the angle θc2 formed by the central axis C of the second air ejection hole 42 and the perpendicular V that is parallel to the rotational axis X of the rotary atomizing head 22 and perpendicular to the tip surface 400 of the air cap 40 is The inclination angle of the air ejection hole 42 in the circumferential direction is shown. In the present embodiment, the inclination angle θc2 in the circumferential direction of the second air ejection hole 42 is set to 40 °.
Although not shown, the first air ejection hole 41 is also opposite to the rotation direction of the rotary atomizing head 22 from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the head portion 20, similarly to the second air ejection hole 42. Inclined in the counter-rotating direction. Further, the inclination angle θc1 in the circumferential direction of the first air ejection hole 41 is different from the inclination angle θc2 of the second air ejection hole 42, and is set to 15 ° in the present embodiment.

Returning to FIG. 4, the first air ejection holes 41 in the first area 410 and the second air ejection holes 42 in the second area 420 are both inclined in the radial direction.
Further, the radial inclination angle of the first air ejection hole 41 is different from the radial inclination angle of the second air ejection hole 42.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of the second air ejection hole 42.
As shown in FIG. 6, the second air ejection hole 42 is provided to be inclined in the radial direction, specifically, inward in the radial direction. That is, the second air ejection hole 42 is provided so as to incline radially inward from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the head portion 20.

In FIG. 6, the angle θd2 formed by the central axis C of the second air ejection hole 42 and the circumferential tangent line T where the second air ejection hole 421 is provided is the inclination of the second air ejection hole 42 in the radial direction. It represents an angle.
Although not shown, the first air ejection hole 41 is also provided so as to be inclined inward in the radial direction from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the head portion 20, similarly to the second air ejection hole 42. . Further, the inclination angle θd1 in the radial direction of the first air ejection hole 41 is different from the inclination angle θd2 of the second air ejection hole 42.

  The radial inclination angle is appropriately set so that air is ejected toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 according to the position of the air outlet and the circumferential inclination angle of the air ejection hole. Is set.

Returning to FIG. 3, a plurality of first air passages 412 communicating with the first air ejection holes 41 and a plurality of second air passages 422 communicating with the second air ejection holes 42 are provided inside the air cap 40. It has been.
The first air passage 412 is connected to a first air supply unit 51 described later, and air is supplied from the first air supply unit 51.
The second air passage 422 is connected to a second air supply unit 52 described later, and air is supplied from the second air supply unit 52.

The air supply unit 50 includes a first air supply unit 51, a second air supply unit 52, and an air compressor 53 as an air supply source.
The first air supply unit 51 supplies air having a predetermined flow rate compressed by the air compressor 53 to the first air passage 412 communicating with the air ejection hole 41.
The second air supply unit 52 supplies air of a predetermined flow rate compressed by the air compressor 53 to the second air passage 422 communicating with the air ejection hole 42.

The first air supply unit 51 includes a first air valve 511, a first air flow meter 512, and a first air control unit (CU) 513.
The first air valve 511 is an air valve that is driven by air pressure, and is electrically connected to the first air control unit 513 via an electropneumatic converter (not shown).
The first air flow meter 512 is electrically connected to the first air control unit 513. The first air flow meter 512 detects the flow rate of air supplied to the first air passage 412 and outputs a detection signal to the first air control unit 513.
The first air control unit 513 controls the opening degree of the first air valve 511 based on the air flow rate detected by the first air flow meter 512.

  The first air control unit 513 outputs an electrical signal to an electropneumatic converter (not shown). This electric signal is converted into an air pressure signal by the electropneumatic converter and output to the first air valve 511. Thereby, the opening degree of the first air valve 511 is accurately controlled, and the flow rate of the air supplied to the first air passage 412 is accurately controlled.

The second air supply unit 52 includes a second air valve 521, a second air flow meter 522, and a second air control unit (CU) 523.
The second air valve 521 is an air valve driven by air pressure, and is electrically connected to the second air control unit 523 via an electropneumatic converter (not shown).
The second air flow meter 522 is electrically connected to the second air control unit 523. The second air flow meter 522 detects the flow rate of the air supplied to the second air passage 422 and outputs the detection signal to the second air control unit 523.
The second air control unit 523 controls the opening degree of the second air valve 521 based on the air flow rate detected by the second air flow meter 522.

  The second air control unit 523 outputs an electrical signal to an electropneumatic converter (not shown). This electric signal is converted into a pneumatic signal by an electropneumatic converter and output to the second air valve 521. Thereby, the opening degree of the second air valve 521 is accurately controlled, and the flow rate of the air supplied to the second air passage 422 is accurately controlled.

When air is supplied from the first air supply unit 51 to the first air passage 412, the supplied air is ejected from the first air ejection hole 41 toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 and becomes shaping air. . This shaping air deforms the flight pattern of paint sprayed from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, that is, the paint application pattern.
Similarly, when air is supplied from the second air supply unit 52 to the second air passage 422, the supplied air is ejected from the second air ejection hole 42 toward the leading edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, and shaping air is supplied. It becomes. This shaping air deforms the flight pattern of paint sprayed from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, that is, the paint application pattern.

Next, the operation of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 used in the present embodiment will be described.
First, air is supplied from the air compressor 53 to an air motor (not shown) to rotate the rotary atomizing head 22 at a high speed. Further, a current from a power source (not shown) is boosted, and a high voltage current is applied to the rotary atomizing head 22.

  Next, the paint is supplied to the rotary atomizing head 22 from a paint supply unit (not shown). Then, paint is discharged to the inner peripheral surface of the rotary atomizing head 22, and the discharged paint is charged by applying a high voltage, and is atomized by the centrifugal force of the rotary atomizing head 22. Is sprayed on the object to be coated.

  Simultaneously with the spraying of the paint, air is supplied from the first air supply part 51 to the first air ejection hole 41 via the first air passage 412, and from the second air supply part 52 via the second air passage 422. Air is supplied to the second air ejection holes 42. Then, shaping air is ejected from the first air ejection port 411 and the second air ejection port 421 toward the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22.

  At this time, the air ejected from the first air ejection port 411 and the air ejected from the second air ejection port 421 have different twist angles with respect to the rotation axis X, and the rotation direction of the rotary atomizing head 22. It is ejected in the opposite counter-rotation direction. The air ejected in the counter-rotating direction collides with the paint sprayed from the front end edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 and promotes the fine particle formation of the paint. As a result, the flight pattern of the paint sprayed from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, that is, the paint application pattern is deformed asymmetrically.

Further, the flow rate of air supplied from the first air supply unit 51 to the first air ejection hole 41 via the first air passage 412, and the second air ejection from the second air supply unit 52 via the second air passage 422. The flow rate of the air supplied to the hole 42 is individually adjusted as appropriate. In particular, when the flow rate of air supplied to the first air ejection holes 41 with a small inclination angle in the circumferential direction is increased and the flow rate of air supplied to the second air ejection holes 42 with a large inclination angle is reduced, the coating pattern is more improved. It is deformed asymmetrically.
As described above, electrostatic coating is performed.

The electrostatic coating method according to this embodiment using the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 that operates as described above will be described with a specific example.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an application pattern formed when electrostatic coating is performed using the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1.
FIG. 7A shows the same amount of air supplied to the first air ejection holes 41 constituting the first area 410 and that of air supplied to the second air ejection holes 42 constituting the second area 420. It is a figure which shows application | coating pattern PA when setting to a flow volume. As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the inclination angle (15 °) in the circumferential direction of the first air ejection hole 41 constituting the first area 410 is the same as that of the second air ejection hole 42 constituting the second area 420. Since the inclination angle is set smaller than the circumferential inclination angle (40 °), the application pattern width on the first area 410 side is narrow, and an asymmetric application pattern PA is formed.

On the other hand, in FIG. 7B, the flow rate of the air supplied to the first air ejection hole 41 having a small circumferential inclination angle is reduced, and the second air ejection hole 42 having a large circumferential inclination angle. It is a figure which shows the application pattern PS formed when the flow volume of the air supplied to is set large. Specifically, the air supply amount is adjusted to a preset air supply amount by performing an experiment so that a substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS is formed.
As described above, in the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1, the amount of air supplied to the first air ejection holes 41 constituting the first area 410 and the air to the second air ejection holes 42 constituting the second area 420. It can be seen that the coating pattern can be deformed into a desired shape by individually controlling the amount of supply.

  FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which the first example of the electrostatic coating method according to the present embodiment is applied to a workpiece W that is a substantially rectangular plate-like member. It is. The first example is an example in which the coating is performed while the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is linearly reciprocated in the left-right direction of the workpiece W.

  First, when coating is started from the upper left end portion of the workpiece W, the first area 410 constituted by the first air ejection holes 41 is directed upward, that is, toward the outside of the workpiece W. At this time, the air supply amount to the first air ejection hole 41 and the air supply amount to the second air ejection hole 42 are set to the same flow rate. As a result, an asymmetric coating pattern PA is formed, and coating is performed in a state where a narrow pattern width region faces the outside of the workpiece W. And the rotary atomization type coating apparatus 1 is linearly moved rightward in this state, and is moved to the vicinity of the upper right end of the article W to be coated.

FIGS. 9A to 9E are views showing a state when the vicinity of the upper right end portion of the workpiece W is painted. In addition, in FIG. 9, description of the rotary atomization type coating apparatus 1 is abbreviate | omitted for convenience.
As described above, while maintaining the above state, the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is moved to the right (see FIG. 9A), and when reaching the vicinity of the upper right end, the rotary atomizing coating is performed. The device 1 is rotated to the right (see FIG. 9B), and the first area 410 is directed to the right. As a result, painting is performed in a state where the narrow pattern width region is directed rightward, that is, toward the outside of the workpiece W.

  Next, while the first area 410 is directed to the right, the region with a narrow pattern width is moved outward by a predetermined distance with the region facing the outside of the workpiece W (see FIG. 9C). At this time, the amount of air supplied to the first air ejection hole 41 and the amount of air supplied to the second air ejection hole 42 remain the same.

  Next, the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is linearly moved in the left direction (see FIG. 9D), and is set by performing an experiment in advance so that a substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS is formed. According to the supplied air supply amount, the air supply amount to the first air ejection hole 41 having a small circumferential inclination angle is reduced, and the air supply to the second air ejection hole 42 having a large circumferential inclination angle is provided. Increase the amount (see FIG. 9E). Thereby, the substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS is formed, and the general portion other than the end portion of the workpiece W is efficiently coated.

  Returning to FIG. 8, when the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 reaches the vicinity of the left end portion of the article W, the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is rotated counterclockwise so that the first area 410 is directed leftward. , Move downward a predetermined distance. At this time, the air supply amount to the first air ejection hole 41 and the air supply amount to the second air ejection hole 42 are set to the same flow rate. As a result, an asymmetric coating pattern PA is formed, and coating is performed in a state in which the region having a narrow pattern width faces leftward, that is, toward the outside of the workpiece W.

  As described above, an asymmetric coating pattern PA is formed at the end of the object to be coated W, and coating is performed such that a region having a narrow pattern width faces the outside of the object to be coated W. In the general portion other than the end portion, coating is performed by forming a substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS. By repeating such an operation, followability with respect to the shape of the object to be coated W is improved, and efficient coating with suppressed overspraying is performed.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which coating is performed by applying the second example of the electrostatic coating method according to the present embodiment to the workpiece W that is a substantially rectangular plate-like member. It is a top view. In this second example, the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is moved along the edge of the object W to be coated, and after coating the four ends, a general portion other than the ends is straightened in the horizontal direction. This is an example in which painting is performed while reciprocally moving.
Also in the second example, as in the first example, an asymmetric coating pattern PA is formed at the end of the object to be coated W, and a region having a narrow pattern width is located outside the object W to be coated. The coating is performed so as to face, and in a general portion other than the end portion of the workpiece W, coating is performed by forming a substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS. By repeating such an operation, followability with respect to the shape of the object to be coated W is improved, and efficient coating with suppressed overspraying is performed.
Further, in this second example, since the four ends of the object to be coated W are coated first, the number of times of switching of the coating pattern shape, that is, switching of the air supply amount is compared with the first example. This is an effective painting method in that

Moreover, FIG. 11 shows a mode when the 3rd example of the electrostatic coating method which concerns on this embodiment is applied with respect to the to-be-coated article W which is a substantially rectangular plate-shaped member. It is a top view. In this third example, the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 is moved along the edge of the article W to be coated, and after coating the four ends, the general portion other than the ends is straightened in the vertical direction. This is an example in which painting is performed while reciprocally moving.
Also in the third example, as in the first and second examples, an asymmetric coating pattern PA is formed at the end of the object to be coated W, and a region having a narrow pattern width is to be coated. The coating is performed so as to face the outside of the object W, and the coating is performed by forming a substantially circular symmetrical application pattern PS on the general part other than the end of the object W to be coated. By repeating such an operation, followability with respect to the shape of the object to be coated W is improved, and efficient coating with suppressed overspraying is performed.
Further, in the third example, as in the second example, the four ends of the object to be coated W are coated first, so that the coating pattern shape is higher than that in the first example. This coating method is effective in that the number of times of switching, that is, switching of the air supply amount can be reduced.

According to the electrostatic coating method according to the present embodiment, the following effects are exhibited.
(1) In the present embodiment, first, the first section 410 and the first section 410 divided in the circumferential direction around the rotation axis X toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 to which the charged paint is sprayed. The coating pattern PA having an asymmetric shape was formed by ejecting shaping air having different regulation force for regulating the spray angle of the paint in the two areas 420. And when coating the edge part of the to-be-coated object W, it applied so that the area | region with a narrow application | coating pattern width | variety might face the outer side of the to-be-coated object W. FIG.
Thereby, since the area | region where a pattern width is narrow can be applied toward the outer side of the to-be-coated object W, the overspray which has been a problem in the past can be suppressed. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the coating efficiency, that is, the coating efficiency can be improved.

(2) Moreover, in this embodiment, while providing the 1st air outlet 411 and the 2nd air outlet 421 on the same periphery centering on the rotating shaft X of the rotary atomization head 22, 1st air outlet A first air ejection hole 41 having an opening 411 as a first area and a second air ejection hole 42 having a second air ejection hole 421 as an opening as a second area, these air ejection holes are arranged in the circumferential direction. The rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 provided to be inclined in the circumferential direction at different inclination angles for each divided area was used.
Thus, the shaping air ejected from the first air ejection port 411 and the second air ejection port 421 is ejected in a twisted direction with a different twist angle with respect to the rotation axis X of the rotary atomizing head 22. Here, there is a correlation between the twisting angle of the shaping air and the regulating force that regulates the jetting angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head 22, and by adjusting the twisting angle of the air, the coating pattern width can be reduced. The present inventors have found that this can be adjusted.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the regulation force that regulates the spray angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head 22 can be different between the first area 410 and the second area 420. The shape of the pattern can be deformed asymmetrically. Therefore, the above-described effect is surely achieved.

(3) Moreover, according to this embodiment, the 1st air supply part 51 is connected to the 1st air ejection port 411, and the 2nd air supply part 52 is connected to the 2nd air ejection port 421, so that the first The rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 configured to supply air individually in the area 410 and the second area 420 was used.
Here, when the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is increased, the regulating force for regulating the ejection angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head 22 becomes stronger. On the other hand, when the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is reduced, the regulation force is weakened.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since air can be ejected at different flow rates in the first area 410 and the second area 420, the spray angle of the paint can be regulated with a different regulation force for each area. That is, the paint can be ejected at different ejection angles for each area, and the shape of the coating pattern can be asymmetrically deformed. In particular, the air supply amount is reduced for the second air ejection holes 42 having a large circumferential inclination angle, and the air supply amount is increased for the first air ejection holes 41 having a small circumferential inclination angle. By doing so, the shape of the coating pattern can be further deformed asymmetrically. Therefore, the above-described effect is more reliably achieved.

  Further, when coating a general portion other than the end portion of the workpiece W, the air supply amount is increased with respect to the second air ejection hole 42 having a large circumferential tilt angle, and the circumferential tilt is performed. By reducing the amount of air supplied to the first air ejection holes 41 having a small angle, the shape of the coating pattern can be changed to a symmetrical circular shape, and the coating can be performed efficiently.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said 1st Embodiment, The deformation | transformation and improvement in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention are included in this invention.

  For example, in the first embodiment, two areas of the first area and the second area are provided, but the present invention is not limited to this. Specifically, a third air ejection hole and a fourth air ejection hole having different circumferential inclination angles from the first air ejection hole 41 and the second air ejection hole 42 are provided, and are formed from the third air ejection holes. A fourth area formed from the third area and the fourth air ejection hole may be provided.

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment, although the 1st air ejection hole 41 and the 2nd air ejection hole 42 were made to incline in the anti-rotation direction of the rotary atomization head 22, it is not limited to this. These air ejection holes may be inclined in the rotational direction of the rotary atomizing head 22.

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment, although the 1st air ejection hole 41 and the 2nd air ejection hole 42 were inclined inward in radial direction, it is not limited to this. For example, these air ejection holes may be inclined radially outward.

[Second Embodiment]
In the electrostatic coating method according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the rotary atomization in which the configuration of the air outlet and the air outlet of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus 1 used in the electrostatic coating method according to the first embodiment is changed. Use a paint coater. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the circumferential angle of the first air ejection hole and the circumferential angle of the second air ejection hole are the same, and the diameter of the first air ejection port is A rotary atomizing type coating device formed smaller than the diameter of the second air outlet is used.

FIG. 12 is a plan view when the air cap 40A of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus used in the electrostatic coating method according to the second embodiment is viewed from the front end side.
The diameter of the first air outlet 411A in the first area 410A and the diameter of the second air outlet 421A in the second area 420A are set to different sizes. Specifically, the diameter of the second air outlet 421A is set to 1.50C, which is 1.50 times the diameter C of the first air outlet 411A. Therefore, the opening area of the second air outlet 421A in the second section 420A is set larger than that of the first air outlet 411A in the first section 410A.

The first air ejection hole 41A and the second air ejection hole 42A are both in the circumferential direction, specifically, in the counter-rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotary atomizing head 22 (arrow R direction in FIG. 12). Inclined. That is, the first air ejection holes 41A and the second air ejection holes 42A are provided so as to be inclined in the counter-rotating direction of the rotary atomizing head 22 from the proximal end side of the head portion 20 toward the distal end side.
Further, the inclination angle in the counter-rotation direction of the first air ejection hole 41A and the inclination angle in the counter-rotation direction of the second air ejection hole 42A are set to the same size. The inclination angle in the counter-rotation direction represents a twist angle of air ejected from the air ejection port with respect to the rotation axis X, and is appropriately set to a desired angle.

The first air ejection holes 41A and the second air ejection holes 42A are both inclined in the radial direction, specifically, inward in the radial direction. That is, the first air ejection holes 41A and the second air ejection holes 42A are provided so as to incline radially inward from the proximal end side to the distal end side of the head portion 20.
Further, the radial inclination angle of the first air ejection hole 41A and the radial inclination angle of the second air ejection hole 42A are set to the same size. This radial inclination angle is appropriately set so that air is ejected toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22 according to the position of the air outlet and the circumferential inclination angle of the air ejection hole. Is done.

Next, the operation of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus according to this embodiment will be described.
First, air is supplied from the air compressor 53 to the air motor, and the rotary atomizing head 22 is rotated at a high speed. Further, the current from the power source is boosted, and a high voltage current is applied to the rotary atomizing head 22.

  Next, the paint is supplied from the paint supply unit to the rotary atomizing head 22. Then, paint is discharged to the inner peripheral surface of the rotary atomizing head 22, and the discharged paint is charged by applying a high voltage, and is atomized by the centrifugal force of the rotary atomizing head 22. Is sprayed on the object to be coated.

  Simultaneously with the spraying of the paint, air is supplied from the first air supply unit 51 to the first air ejection hole 41A through the first air passage 412 and from the second air supply unit 52 through the second air passage 422. Air is supplied to the second air ejection hole 42A. Then, shaping air is ejected from the first air ejection port 411 </ b> A and the second air ejection port 421 </ b> A toward the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22.

  At this time, the air ejected from the first air ejection port 411A and the air ejected from the second air ejection port 421A have the same twist angle with respect to the rotation axis X and the rotation direction of the rotary atomizing head 22. Are ejected in the opposite counter-rotation direction. The air ejected in the counter-rotating direction collides with the paint sprayed from the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, thereby promoting the atomization of the paint.

  Further, the flow rate of air supplied to the first air jet port 411A and the flow rate of air supplied to the second air jet port 421A are individually controlled. When the flow rate of air supplied to the first air jet port 411A and the flow rate of air supplied to the second air jet port 421A are set to be the same, the air jetted from the first air jet port 411A having a small opening area is The air is ejected at a larger flow velocity than the air ejected from the second air ejection port 421A having a large opening area. Thereby, the flight pattern of the paint sprayed from the front end edge of the rotary atomizing head 22, that is, the coating pattern of the paint is deformed asymmetrically.

In particular, when the flow rate of air supplied to the first air jet port 411A having a small opening area is increased and the flow rate of air supplied to the second air jet port 421A having a large opening area is set to be small, the coating pattern is deformed more asymmetrically. Is done.
As described above, electrostatic coating is performed.

  In the electrostatic coating method according to the second embodiment using the rotary atomizing coating apparatus that operates as described above, the first to third examples are applied as in the first embodiment. It can be performed.

  According to the electrostatic coating method according to the present embodiment, the following effects (2A) and (3A) are obtained instead of the effects (2) and (3) of the electrostatic coating method according to the first embodiment described above. Played.

(2A) According to the present embodiment, the first air jet 411A and the second air jet 421A are provided on the same circumference around the rotation axis X of the rotary atomizing head 22, and the first air jets are provided. A rotary atomizing coating apparatus that was set so that the opening area of the outlet 411A and the opening area of the second air jet outlet 421A were different was used.
Here, when the flow area of the air supplied to the air outlet is constant and the opening area of the air outlet is increased, the flow velocity of the jetted air is reduced and the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head The regulation power that regulates the jet angle of is weakened. On the other hand, if the opening area of the air outlet is reduced, the flow rate of the jetted air is increased, and the regulation force is increased.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the air can be ejected at different flow rates in the first area 410A and the second area 420A, the spray angle of the paint can be regulated with a different regulation force for each area. That is, the paint can be ejected at different ejection angles for each area, and the shape of the coating pattern can be asymmetrically deformed. Therefore, when painting the edge of the object to be coated W, it is possible to paint the area where the pattern width is narrow toward the outside of the object to be coated W, so it is possible to suppress overspray, which has been a problem in the past, and improve the painting efficiency it can.

(3A) Further, according to the present embodiment, the first air supply part 51 is connected to the first air outlet 411A, and the second air supply part 52 is connected to the second air outlet 421A. A rotary atomizing coating apparatus configured to supply air separately in the area 410A and the second area 420A was used.
Here, when the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is increased, the regulating force for regulating the ejection angle of the paint atomized by the rotary atomizing head 22 becomes stronger. On the other hand, when the flow rate of the air ejected from the air ejection port is reduced, the regulation force is weakened.
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the air can be ejected at different flow rates in the first area 410A and the second area 420A, the spray angle of the paint can be regulated with a different regulation force for each area. That is, the paint can be ejected at different ejection angles for each area, and the shape of the coating pattern can be asymmetrically deformed. In particular, by reducing the amount of air supplied to the second air ejection hole 42A having a large opening area and increasing the amount of air supply to the first air ejection hole 41A having a small opening area, the shape of the coating pattern Can be further asymmetrically deformed. Therefore, the above-described effect is more reliably achieved.

  In addition, when painting a general part other than the end of the workpiece W, the air supply amount is increased with respect to the second air ejection hole 42A having a large opening area, and the first air ejection hole having a small opening area. By reducing the amount of air supplied to 41A, the shape of the coating pattern can be changed into a symmetrical circular shape, and the coating can be efficiently performed.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said 2nd Embodiment, The deformation | transformation and improvement in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention are included in this invention.

  For example, in the second embodiment, two areas of the first area 410A and the second area 420A are provided, but the present invention is not limited to this. Specifically, a third area formed from the third air outlet is provided with a third air outlet and a fourth air outlet having different opening areas from the first air outlet 411A and the second air outlet 421A. A fourth area formed from the fourth air outlet may be provided.

  In the second embodiment, the first air ejection hole 41A and the second air ejection hole 42A are inclined in the counter-rotating direction of the rotary atomizing head 22. However, the present invention is not limited to this. These air ejection holes may be inclined in the rotational direction of the rotary atomizing head 22.

  In the second embodiment, the first air ejection hole 41A and the second air ejection hole 42A are inclined inward in the radial direction. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, these air ejection holes may be inclined radially outward.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rotary atomization type coating apparatus 22 ... Rotary atomization head 41, 41A ... 1st air ejection hole (air ejection hole)
42, 42A ... 2nd air ejection hole (air ejection hole)
51 ... 1st air supply part (air supply means)
52 ... Second air supply section (air supply means)
410, 410A ... 1st area (area)
420, 420A ... 2nd area (area)
411, 411A ... First air outlet (air outlet)
421, 421A ... second air outlet (air outlet)

Claims (4)

An electrostatic coating method for electrostatically coating an object to be coated using a rotary atomizing coating device,
The charged paint is atomized and ejected from the leading edge of the rotary atomizing head of the rotary atomizing coating apparatus, and the paint is divided into areas divided in the circumferential direction around the rotation axis of the rotary atomizing head. By forming shaping air with different regulating force to regulate the ejection angle of the nozzle toward the vicinity of the tip edge of the rotary atomizing head, an asymmetrical coating pattern is formed,
An electrostatic coating method characterized in that, when an end portion of the object to be coated is painted, the coating pattern is coated such that a region having a narrow pattern width faces the outside of the object to be coated. In the electrostatic coating method according to claim 1, as the rotary atomizing coating apparatus,
The rotary atomizing head, and an air ejection hole formed around the rotary atomizing head and having an air ejection port for ejecting the shaping air as an opening,
A plurality of the air outlets are disposed on the same circumference around the rotation axis,
An electrostatic coating method using a rotary atomizing coating apparatus in which a plurality of the air ejection holes are inclined in the circumferential direction at different inclination angles for each of the areas. In the electrostatic coating method according to claim 1, as the rotary atomizing coating apparatus,
The rotary atomizing head, and an air outlet that is formed surrounding the rotary atomizing head and ejects the shaping air.
A plurality of the air outlets are disposed on the same circumference around the rotation axis,
An electrostatic coating method using a rotary atomizing coating apparatus in which an opening area of the air outlet is different for each of the areas. In the electrostatic coating method according to claim 2 or 3, as the rotary atomizing type coating apparatus,
An electrostatic coating method using a rotary atomizing coating apparatus in which the air outlet is connected to an individual air supply means for each of the areas.

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