JP4849605B2 - Immersion type surface treatment equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an immersion type surface treatment apparatus including an electrodeposition coating apparatus.

A processing tank storing the processing liquid, a processing liquid jet nozzle for generating a counterflow opposite to the traveling direction of the processing object in the upper layer part and the middle layer part of the processing liquid, and the order in the same direction as the traveling direction of the processing object Patent Document 1 discloses an immersion type surface treatment apparatus including an electrodeposition coating apparatus that includes a treatment liquid jet nozzle that generates a flowing stream in a bottom layer portion of the treatment liquid.
In the immersion type surface treatment apparatus of Patent Document 1, the flow of the treatment liquid in the upper layer portion and the middle layer portion through which the treatment object passes is opposed to the traveling direction of the treatment object. Since the relative speed is large, there is an advantage that it is possible to effectively prevent foreign matter such as metal powder from adhering to the object to be processed.
Japanese Patent No. 3416122

In the immersion type surface treatment apparatus of Patent Document 1, the end portion of the counterflow is smoothly guided downward and is not smoothly joined to the forward flow, so that the portion is disturbed and foreign matter such as metal powder is complicated. There is a problem that it flows and adheres to the workpiece. Further, in the immersion type surface treatment apparatus of Patent Document 1, when the ending portion of the forward flow is guided by the hopper and sucked out of the processing tank, a part of the ending portion that collided with the end wall of the hopper is upward. There is a problem in that foreign matter such as metal powder that is swollen up and disturbed and is caught in the disorder adheres to the workpiece.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first attachment that generates a processing tank storing a processing liquid and a counter flow facing the traveling direction of an object to be processed in an upper layer portion and a middle layer portion of the processing liquid. An immersion type surface treatment apparatus comprising a biasing means and a second biasing means for generating a forward flow in the same direction as the traveling direction of the object to be processed in the bottom layer portion of the processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid flow in the processing tank An object of the present invention is to provide an immersion type surface treatment apparatus in which the disturbance of the surface is suppressed.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a counterflow that faces a traveling direction of a top view of a processing tank storing a processing liquid and an object to be processed heading from an inlet tank section to an outlet tank section of the processing tank. In order to form the entire upper layer and middle layer of the treatment liquid in the treatment tank, the counter flow slightly directed toward the central portion in the width direction of the treatment tank is subjected to an upper layer and a middle layer on both sides of the treatment tank. a first biasing means for producing a, a second biasing means for producing a bottom layer of the treatment liquid antegrade flow traveling in the same direction of the object, of the end portion of the counter-flow to be treated An immersion type surface treatment apparatus is provided, comprising: first guide means that guides obliquely downward while facing the traveling direction.
In the immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to the present invention, the end portion of the counterflow is guided obliquely downward while facing the traveling direction of the object to be processed by the first guide means, so that it smoothly joins the forward flow. Can do. As a result, the turbulence of the counterflow end is suppressed.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the immersion type surface treatment apparatus includes second guide means for guiding the counterflow guided obliquely downward while being opposed to the traveling direction of the workpiece in the forward direction.
Since the counter flow that is guided obliquely downward while being opposed to the traveling direction of the workpiece is guided in the forward direction by the second guide means, the end portion of the counter flow joins the forward flow more smoothly. Can do. As a result, the turbulence of the counterflow end is further effectively suppressed.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the immersion type surface treatment apparatus comprises: third guide means for guiding an upper portion of the end portion of the forward flow obliquely upward; a hopper that collects the remaining portion of the forward flow; and a hopper And suction means connected to.
Since the upper part of the end portion of the forward flow is guided obliquely upward, the flow rate colliding with the end wall of the hopper is reduced and the flow rate rising upward is reduced. Further, the forward flow that flows obliquely upward over the hopper prevents the flow that collides with the end wall of the hopper and soars. As a result, the disturbance at the end portion of the forward portion is suppressed.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the immersion type surface treatment apparatus includes fourth guide means for guiding the forward flow guided obliquely upward in the counterflow direction.
Since the forward flow guided obliquely upward is guided in the counterflow direction by the fourth guide means, it can smoothly join the counterflow. As a result, the turbulence at the forward flow end is further effectively suppressed.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the first urging means is a processing liquid injection nozzle disposed on the side of the processing tank, and the second urging means is a processing liquid injection disposed on the bottom of the processing tank. Nozzle.
The treatment liquid can be energized using the treatment liquid ejection nozzle.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the first guiding means is a swash plate disposed at the end of the processing tank on the inlet side.
By disposing the swash plate at the inlet side end of the processing tank, it is possible to smoothly guide the lower end of the counter flow in an obliquely downward direction while facing the end of the counter flow in the traveling direction of the workpiece.
In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the second guide means bends the lower part of the swash plate disposed at the inlet side end of the treatment tank, which is a curved part formed at the lower part of the swash plate, to be processed. It is possible to guide the counterflow guided obliquely downward while facing the traveling direction in the forward direction in order to smoothly merge with the forward flow.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an overflow tank is provided on the inlet side of the processing tank, and a partition that separates the overflow tank and the processing tank forms the swash plate.
By providing an overflow tank on the inlet side of the treatment tank and allowing the surface area of the counter flow to flow into the overflow tank, bubbles and dust floating on the surface of the treatment liquid can be removed from the treatment tank. The partition that separates the overflow tank and the processing tank forms a swash plate that guides the end portion of the counter flow obliquely downward, so that a swash plate is provided as a separate member from the partition. The configuration of the processing apparatus is simplified.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the third guide means is a swash plate disposed above the hopper.
By disposing the swash plate above the hopper, the upper part of the end portion of the forward flow can be guided obliquely upward.
In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the fourth guide means is a curved plate disposed at the end of the processing tank on the outlet side.
By arranging the curved plate at the end of the treatment tank on the outlet side, the forward flow guided obliquely upward can be guided in the opposite direction and smoothly merged with the opposite flow.

According to the present invention, the processing tank storing the processing liquid, the first urging means for generating the counter flow opposite to the traveling direction of the processing object in the upper layer part and the middle layer part of the processing liquid, and the traveling direction of the processing object And a second urging means for generating a forward flow in the same direction in the bottom layer portion of the processing liquid, the immersion type surface treatment in which the turbulence of the processing liquid flow in the processing tank is suppressed An apparatus is provided.

An immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, an overhead conveyor 1 including a conveyor rail 11, a conveyor trolley 12 suspended on the conveyor rail 11, and a hanger 13 suspended on the conveyor trolley 12 is arranged on a ceiling portion of a paint building (not shown). It is installed. The conveyor trolley 12 travels from right to left in FIG. Hereinafter, the traveling direction of the conveyor trolley 12 is referred to as the front, and the direction reverse to the traveling direction of the conveyor trolley 12 is referred to as the rear. The conveyor rail 11 is comprised by the upper side traveling part 11a, the lower side traveling part 11b, the back inclination part 11c which connects both, and the front inclination part 11d.

A processing tank 2 is disposed below the overhead conveyor 1. The processing tank 2 has a bottom wall 2a inclined downward from the rear to the front, both side walls 2b, a front end wall 2c, and a rear end wall 2d.
The lower part of the front end wall 2c that forms the outlet side end of the processing tank 2 is inclined downward toward the front to form a hopper 2e, and the upper part is inclined upward toward the front. The front end of the upper portion inclined upward toward the front of the front end wall 2c forms a curved plate 2f folded back, and the rear end of the upper portion inclined upward toward the front of the front end wall 2c extends backward. Thus, a swash plate 2g is formed.
A rear end wall 2d that forms the inlet side end of the processing tank 2 forms a swash plate 2h that is inclined downward toward the rear. The swash plate 2h is smoothly connected to the bottom wall 2a via a curved portion 2i that protrudes rearward and downward formed in the lower portion.
An overflow tank 3a is disposed adjacent to the outlet tank side end of the processing tank 2, and an overflow tank 3b is disposed adjacent to the inlet tank side end. The curved plate 2f forms a weir between the overflow tank 3a and the processing tank 2, and the upper end portion of the swash plate 2h forms a weir between the overflow tank 3b and the processing tank 2.
A treatment liquid is stored in the treatment tank 2. The water surface of the processing liquid is slightly above the weir between the overflow tank 3 a and the overflow tank 3 b and the processing tank 2.

A portion where the pipe 4a extending from the bottom of the hopper 2e and the bottom of the overflow tank 3a extends from the vicinity of the outlet tank side end of the processing tank 2 to the longitudinal center through the pump 5a and the filter 6a. Are connected to a large number of side treatment liquid jet nozzles 7a arranged from the upper part of both sides to the center in the depth direction. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 1, the processing liquid flows from the side processing liquid jet nozzle 7 a horizontally and toward the inlet side end of the processing tank 2 and slightly toward the center of the width direction of the processing tank 2. Be injected. The pipe 4a has a large number of bottom treatment liquid jets disposed at the bottom of a portion extending from the vicinity of the end of the treatment tank 2 toward the center in the longitudinal direction and over the entire width direction. It is connected to the nozzle 8a. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 1, the processing liquid is sprayed from the bottom processing liquid spray nozzle 8 a in parallel to the bottom wall 2 a and toward the outlet side of the processing tank 2. The piping 4 a is connected to a plurality of outlet tank side end treatment liquid jet nozzles 9 a disposed on both upper sides in the vicinity of the outlet tank side end of the processing tank 2. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 1, the processing liquid is injected from the outlet tank side end processing liquid injection nozzle 9a in the same direction as the processing liquid injected from the side processing liquid injection nozzle 7a.
The pipes 4b extending from the bottom of the overflow tank 3b pass through the pump 5b and the filter 6b, and the upper part of both sides of the part extending from the vicinity of the inlet tank side end of the processing tank 2 to the central portion in the longitudinal direction. Are connected to a large number of side treatment liquid jet nozzles 7b disposed over the center in the depth direction. The pipe 4a has a large number of bottom treatment liquid jets arranged at the bottom of a portion extending from the vicinity of the inlet side of the treatment tank 2 to the central portion in the longitudinal direction and over the entire region in the width direction. It is connected to the nozzle 8b. The pipe 4 a is connected to a plurality of outlet tank side end treatment liquid jet nozzles 9 b disposed at upper portions of both side portions in the vicinity of the inlet tank side end of the processing tank 2. As shown by arrows in FIG. 1, the processing liquid is ejected from the processing liquid ejection nozzles 7b, 8b, and 9b in the same direction as the processing liquid ejected from the processing liquid ejection nozzles 7a, 8a, and 9a.

The operation of the immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
The upper and middle layers of the processing liquid in the processing tank 2 are energized by the processing liquid sprayed from the processing liquid spray nozzles 7a, 7b, 9a, and 9b. As shown by the drawing arrow, a counterflow that faces the traveling direction of the passenger car body A is formed. Since the processing liquid sprayed from the side processing liquid spray nozzles 7a, 7b, 9a, 9b is slightly directed toward the central portion in the width direction of the processing tank 2 as described above, the sprayed processing liquid is wide. The treatment liquid at the center in the direction is also energized. As a result, a counter flow is formed in the entire upper layer portion and middle layer portion of the processing liquid.
In the bottom layer portion of the processing liquid in the processing tank 2, the processing liquid of the corresponding portion is urged by the processing liquid sprayed from the processing liquid jet nozzles 8a and 8b, as shown by the double white arrows in FIG. A forward flow toward the traveling direction of the passenger car body A is formed. Since the treatment liquid jet nozzles 8a and 8b are arranged over the entire width direction of the bottom of the treatment tank 2, a forward flow is formed in the entire bottom layer portion of the treatment liquid.

In the end portion of the counter flow of the upper layer portion and the middle layer portion indicated by the white arrows in FIG. 1, the surface area flows over the weir and flows into the overflow layer 3b, and the remaining portion is a slant formed by the rear end wall 2d of the treatment tank 2. The plate 2h is guided obliquely downward while facing the traveling direction of the passenger car body A, and is further guided in the forward direction by a curved portion 2i formed at the lower portion of the swash plate 2h. It smoothly merges with the antegrade flow in the bottom layer. As a result, the turbulence of the counterflow end is suppressed.
The end portion of the forward flow in the bottom layer portion indicated by a double white arrow in FIG. 1 is guided upward obliquely upward by the swash plate 2g, and continuously guided obliquely upward by the upper portion of the front end wall 2c of the processing tank 2. Then, it is guided by the curved plate 2f and guided in the opposing direction, and smoothly merges with the opposing flow in the upper layer portion. At the end portion of the forward flow in the bottom layer portion, the remaining portion excluding the upper portion flows into the hopper 2e. A part of the forward flow is guided upward, and the flow rate of the forward flow flowing into the hopper 2e is decreased, so that the flow rate colliding with the lower portion of the front end wall 2c forming the end wall of the hopper is decreased and the upward flow is increased. The flow that soars is decreasing. A swash plate 2g that covers the upper portion of the hopper 2e blocks the flow that has collided with the lower portion of the front end wall 2c. As a result, the turbulence at the forward flow end portion is suppressed.

On the hanger 13, a passenger car body A having doors, bonnets and the like opened and fixed is fixed. As the conveyor trolley 12 travels, the passenger car body A fixed on the hanger 13 enters the treatment tank 2 in the vicinity of the end of the entry tank as shown by the thick arrow in FIG. The stored processing liquid is transported toward the outlet side end of the processing tank 2 and exits from the processing tank 2 in the vicinity of the outlet side end.
The flow of the processing liquid in the upper and middle layers through which the passenger car body A passes is opposed to the traveling direction of the passenger car body A, and the relative speed between the processing liquid flow and the passenger car body A is large. Adhesion to the passenger car body A is effectively prevented.
Since the end portion of the counter flow is smoothly guided downward and merges with the forward flow, the end portion of the counter flow is not disturbed, and no complicated flow of foreign substances such as metal powder occurs, so that the passenger car body A Does not adhere. A part of the end of the forward flow is smoothly guided obliquely upward to join the counter flow, the flow rate of the forward flow colliding with the end wall of the hopper is reduced, and the upward flow is inclined. Since it is blocked by the plate 2g, the end portion of the forward flow is not disturbed, and a complicated flow of foreign matters such as metal powder does not occur and does not adhere to the passenger car body A.
Therefore, in the immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to the present embodiment, the passenger car body A is surface-treated satisfactorily.
Foreign matter such as metal powder settled on the bottom of the treatment tank 2 is entrained in the forward flow and flows into the hopper 2e, is sucked out from the hopper 2e, is captured by the filter 6a, and is removed from the treatment liquid.

An overflow tank 3b is disposed on the inlet side of the processing tank 2, and bubbles and dust floating on the surface of the processing liquid are removed from the processing tank 2 by allowing the counterflow surface area to flow into the overflow tank 3b. The rear end wall 2d of the processing tank 2, which is a partition wall that separates the overflow tank 3b and the processing tank 2, forms a swash plate 2h that guides the end portion of the counter flow obliquely downward, so that it is a separate member from the rear end wall 2d. As compared with the case where the swash plate 2h is provided, the configuration of the treatment tank 2, and thus the immersion type surface treatment apparatus, is simplified.
An overflow tank 3a is arranged on the outlet side of the processing tank 2, and the surface area of the processing liquid in the vicinity of the end of the outlet tank is caused to flow into the overflow tank 3a, thereby removing bubbles and dust floating on the surface of the processing liquid. 2 is removed. Further, waste of the processing liquid is prevented by temporarily putting the recovered liquid from the water washing process, which is the next process, into the overflow tank 3a and supplying it to the processing tank 2 via the pump 5a and the filter 6a.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said Example. For example, instead of the processing liquid spray nozzles 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, a long slit-shaped processing liquid spray port may be provided as the processing liquid urging means, or a rotor blade may be provided. May be installed. As the processing liquid flow guide means, a processing liquid injection nozzle is provided in place of the swash plates 2g, 2h, the curved plate 2f, and the curved portion 2i, and the end portion of the counter flow and the end portion of the forward flow are defined as the above-described members. Similarly, a guided water flow may be formed. If the processing liquid flow directed obliquely upward is formed above the hopper 2e, the forward flow that collides with the lower part of the front end wall 2c and soars can be blocked.

The present invention is widely applicable to an electrodeposition coating apparatus, a coating pretreatment apparatus, and the like.

It is a block diagram of the immersion type surface treatment apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. (A) is side sectional drawing, (b) is a top view of a processing tank.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Overhead conveyor 2 Processing tank 2a Bottom wall 2b Side wall 2c Front end wall 2d Rear end wall 2e Hopper 2f Curved plate 2g, 2h Swash plate 2i Curved part 3a, 3b Overflow tank 4a, 4b Piping 5a, 5b Pump 6a, 6b Filter 7a, 7b Side treatment liquid injection nozzles 8a, 8b Bottom treatment liquid injection nozzle 9a Depot tank side treatment liquid injection nozzle 9b Inlet tank side treatment liquid injection nozzle A Passenger car body

Claims (10)

The upper and middle layers of the treatment liquid in the treatment tank are treated with the treatment liquid stored in the treatment tank and the opposite flow facing the traveling direction in a straight line as viewed from the top of the object to be processed from the inlet to the outlet of the treatment tank. A first urging means for generating a counter flow slightly directed toward the center of the width direction of the processing tank in the upper layer part and the middle layer part on both sides of the processing tank , A second urging means for generating a forward flow in the same direction as the traveling direction in the bottom layer portion of the processing liquid, and a first guide that guides the slanting downward direction with the end portion of the counterflow facing the traveling direction of the workpiece. An immersion type surface treatment apparatus comprising a guide means. 2. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second guide unit configured to guide a counterflow guided obliquely downward while being opposed to a traveling direction of the workpiece in a forward direction. A third guide means for guiding an upper portion of the end portion of the forward flow obliquely upward, a hopper for collecting the remaining portion of the forward flow, and a suction means connected to the hopper. Item 3. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to Item 1 or 2. 4. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a fourth guiding unit that guides the forward flow guided obliquely upward in a counterflow direction. The first urging means is a processing liquid injection nozzle disposed on the side of the processing tank, and the second urging means is a processing liquid injection nozzle disposed on the bottom of the processing tank. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first guide means is a swash plate disposed at an end of the treatment tank on the inlet side. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second guide means is a curved portion formed at a lower portion of the swash plate. The immersion type surface according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising an overflow tank disposed on the inlet side of the processing tank, wherein a partition wall separating the overflow tank and the processing tank forms the swash plate. Processing equipment. 5. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the third guide means is a swash plate disposed above the hopper. The immersion type surface treatment apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the fourth guide means is a curved plate disposed at an outlet side end of the treatment tank.

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