52results about "Vehicle body drying" patented technology

A system (100) for optimizing fuel and energy consumption by an Electro-Deposition (ED) oven (114) of an automobile paint shop (108) is disclosed. The system (100) includes a digital twin (112) of the ED oven (114). The digital twin (112) is based on design parameters and operational data. The system (100) further includes an RL agent (202) that is configured to receive training and learn control strategies through interaction with at least environment models (112c) for generating policies. The RL agent (202) is further configured to output at least one policy including an optimal opening percentage of at least one gas damper and an optimal speed of at least one fan, which when implemented leads to savings in the fuel and energy consumption while maintaining at least effective metal temperature (EMT) of the coated automobile component (716) in a recommended range in the ED oven (114).

The present invention relates to an annealing system which can be used to anneal workpieces, for example vehicle bodies. According to the invention, an annealing chamber, a feed air system, an exhaust air system and one or more air circulation systems are provided.

Drying and / or curing system (1), in particular for drying and / or curing painted and / or glued workpieces (4), with at least one zone (7 - 11) through which the workpieces (4) can be moved, and with a fresh air and / or exhaust air volume control (50) which serves to control a quantity of fresh air that can be introduced into the zone (7, 11) and / or a quantity of exhaust air that can be discharged from the zone (8, 10), wherein the fresh air and / or exhaust air volume control (50) varies the quantity of fresh air and / or exhaust air depending on a current number of workpieces (4) supplied in a time interval, characterized by the fact that The amount of fresh and exhaust air is controlled depending on a determined dew point in such a way as to prevent the formation of condensate. and / or that the amount of fresh and exhaust air is controlled depending on the total heat capacity in such a way as to prevent the formation of condensate. and / or that the amount of fresh and exhaust air is controlled depending on the total amount of carbon in such a way as to prevent the formation of condensate.

In order to provide a treatment system (100) for treating workpieces (102) that is of a simple and compact construction and enables an efficient treatment of workpieces, it is proposed that the treatment system (100) comprises the following: a treatment space (110) which serves to receive one or a plurality of workpieces (102) and in which a treatment procedure is able to be carried out; and one or a plurality of recirculating air units (118) by means of which a recirculating airflow guided through the treatment space (110) is able to be generated, wherein the one or the plurality of recirculating air units (118) comprises / comprise in each case one or a plurality of electric heating devices (122).

The present invention relates to an annealing system which can be used to anneal workpieces, for example vehicle bodies. According to the invention, an annealing chamber, a feed air system, an exhaust air system and one or more air circulation systems are provided.

A drying and / or curing installation (10) for drying and / or curing painted and / or coated and / or bonded workpieces has a processing chamber (18) for receiving workpieces (14) to be processed, which is connected to a process air line (40, 42, 44, 46, 50) for introducing and / or extracting process air into and / or out of the processing chamber, a heating apparatus (26-37) for heating process air to be introduced into the processing chamber (18), and a control device (55) for controlling the quantity of process air introduced into the processing chamber and / or extracted from the processing chamber and for controlling a heat output of the heating apparatus. The control device (55) is in this case configured such that it sets, controls and / or regulates the quantity of process air and the heat output in a manner dependent on one another or with regard to one another.

The present invention relates to a drying system (100) for drying coated workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, and / or coated material webs (104), in particular battery electrode webs (106) for the production of lithium-ion batteries, comprising: - a drying chamber (108) through which the coated workpieces and / or the coated material webs (104) can be conveyed for drying and which comprises several drying chamber sections (110); - a recirculated air supply (126) for supplying a recirculated air flow to the drying chamber sections (110); - an exhaust air supply (128) for removing solvent-containing exhaust air from the drying chamber sections (110);- a solvent recovery device (130) to which at least a portion of the solvent-containing exhaust air can be fed for solvent recovery, wherein solvent-reduced air can be fed downstream of the solvent recovery device (130) to the recirculated air supply (126), and wherein the recirculated air supply (126) comprises the following: - at least one distribution channel (160) by means of which the recirculated air flow can be distributed to the drying chamber sections (110); - at least one blower device (127) by means of which the recirculated air flow can be conveyed through the drying system (100); - several supply channel sections (150, 152, 154, 156) which are straight, curved and / or conical and which are arranged between the at least one blower device (127) and the at least one distribution channel (160);and- at least one equalization device (164), which is arranged at least partially in at least one of the supply channel sections (150, 152, 154, 156) and by means of which the recirculated air flow supplied to the drying chamber sections (110) can be equalized at least section by section.;

A conversion kit (202), which is suitable for the conversion of a treatment plant, in particular an existing treatment plant, for treating workpieces, in particular drying vehicle bodies, wherein the conversion kit (202) comprises the following:one or more auxiliary heating apparatuses (206, 208, 210), which are suitable for heating a clean gas guided in a clean gas guide system (126) and / or fresh air guided in a fresh air guide system (122); anda) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for an in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142); orb) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for a fresh air heat exchanger (144) and a converted, in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142) for use as fresh air heat exchanger (150); orc) a regenerative thermal oxidation apparatus (204) as replacement for an in particular fossil fuel-heated, thermal post-combustion apparatus (142) and electrically heated recirculated air modules (214) as replacement for recirculated air modules (110) having heat exchangers or converted recirculated air modules (214) having electrical heating registers instead of heat exchangers.

A vehicle washing system includes a vehicle treatment area that is configured to receive a vehicle to be dried. At least one dryer media device is positioned in the vehicle treatment area. The at least one dryer media device is configured to dry the vehicle upon contact with the vehicle. An air moving assembly is located adjacent to the at least one dryer media device in the vehicle treatment area, and is configured to remove excess moisture from the at least one dryer media device.

The present invention relates to a temperature control system (100) for temperature control of workpieces, in particular for drying treated vehicle bodies or parts thereof with temperature-controlled recirculated air, wherein the temperature control system comprises the following: - at least one system housing (124) in which at least one temperature control chamber (106), through which the workpieces can be conveyed for temperature control with recirculated air in a conveying direction (102), and at least one pressure chamber (108) are arranged; and - at least one temperature control device (112) for temperature control and / or circulation of the recirculated air, wherein the at least one pressure chamber (108) is arranged between a housing wall (142) of the at least one plant housing (124) and the at least one temperature control chamber (106) and wherein, for the purpose of circulating the recirculated air through the temperature control chamber (106), the at least one pressure chamber (108) is fluidly connected to the at least one temperature control chamber (106) via at least one inlet opening (126) and at least one outlet opening (130). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding method for tempering workpieces, in particular for drying treated vehicle bodies or parts thereof with tempered circulating air.

The present invention relates to a system (100) and a method for generating heating and cooling capacity in a workpiece processing plant (102), in particular in a vehicle body painting shop (103), the system (100) comprising a cold water network (104) supplying cold water to the consumer (146), the cold water network having a cold water storage device (110) for compensating for process load peaks and / or a cold water network heat transfer device (112, 154, 158) for recovering heat from the consumer (146), a hot water network (106) supplying hot water to the consumer (146), the hot water network having a hot water storage device (120) for compensating for process load peaks and / or a hot water network heat transfer device (122, 166) for recovering heat from the consumer (146), and a heat pump device (132), the cold water network (104) being connected to the hot water network (106) by the heat pump device (132), the networks (104, 106) having different temperature levels.

To provide a recovery device and recovery method of VOC which can efficiently recover VOC generated in a drying furnace, and are excellent in cost and environment.SOLUTION: A recovery device of VOC is a device where workpiece coated using an electro-deposition coating material is carried in, and which recovers VOC in a coating and drying furnace in an electro-deposition coating line having a dip washing tank and a coating and drying furnace, wherein the coating and drying furnace includes an evaporation zone where moisture of the workpiece is evaporated at a furnace temperature of 80°C or higher and 120°C or lower, and a curing zone arranged on the downstream side of the evaporation zone, where the coating film is cured at the furnace temperature of 150°C or higher and 200°C or lower, weight absolute humidity of second furnace air in the curing zone is lower than weight absolute humidity of first furnace air in the evaporation zone, and a take-out passage for taking out the furnace air in the coating and drying furnace, and a cooling and recovering part for cooling the furnace air containing the first furnace air, and recovering VOC contained in the furnace air as a condensate together with moisture contained in the furnace air are provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

In order to provide a processing device (100) with a simple structure and capable of effectively sealing a processing chamber (104), it is proposed that the processing device (100) comprises: a processing chamber (104) for accommodating a workpiece (102) to be processed; a transport device (110), by means of which the workpiece (102) to be processed can be transported through the processing chamber (104); wherein the transport device (110) comprises a guiding device (114), which is arranged outside the processing chamber (104); wherein the transport device (110) comprises a plurality of receiving elements (124) for receiving the workpiece (102), wherein the receiving elements (124) are movably arranged at the guiding device (114), and the receiving elements extend into the processing chamber (104) through an opening (126) in a wall (128) surrounding the processing chamber (100).

The present invention relates to a treatment facility (100) for treating workpieces and / or material webs (166), in particular to a drying facility (102) for vehicle bodies and / or battery electrode webs (168), comprising:a treatment space (106), which comprises a plurality of treatment space portions (108), which are each assigned to one of a plurality of separate recirculated air modules (110) of the treatment facility (100),a heat storage and heating facility (114) for storing and providing heat,at least one heating gas guide system (116), which comprises at least one heating gas feed (118) and at least one heating gas return (120).The present invention relates further to a method for treating workpieces and / or material webs (166), comprising:causing a plurality of gas streams, guided in separate circuits, to flow through a plurality of treatment space portions (108) of a treatment space (106) of a treatment facility (100); directly or indirectly heating the gas streams by means of a heating gas stream generated in a heat storage and heating facility (114) of the treatment facility (100).

A vehicle washing system includes a vehicle treatment area that is configured to receive a vehicle to be dried. At least one dryer media device is positioned in the vehicle treatment area. The at least one dryer media device is configured to dry the vehicle upon contact with the vehicle. An air moving assembly is located adjacent to the at least one dryer media device in the vehicle treatment area, and is configured to remove excess moisture from the at least one dryer media device.

The present invention relates to a treatment plant (100) for treating workpieces, in particular a drying plant (102) for drying vehicle bodies, comprising: at least one treatment chamber (104) which comprises one or several treatment chamber sections (105), wherein the at least one treatment chamber (104) and / or the one or several treatment chamber sections (105) are each assigned to one of several separate air circulation modules (106), and wherein each air circulation module (106) is arranged to guide a separate cyclical gas flow; and a heat carrier system (120) for indirectly heating the gas flows, which comprises a heating device (124), wherein a) at least one air circulation module (106) has a heat transfer device (144) by means of which the respective air circulation module (106) is coupled to the heat carrier system (120); and / or b) several air circulation modules (106) are incorporated into one or more heating circuits (160), in particular heating gas circuits, which are coupled to the heat carrier system (120) via a central heat transfer device (158). The present invention further relates to a method for treating workpieces.

The invention relates to a temperature-control system (100) for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for drying treated vehicle bodies or parts thereof using temperature-controlled circulating air, wherein the temperature-control system comprises the following: at least one system housing (124) equipped with at least one temperature-control chamber (106), through which the workpieces can be conveyed in a conveying direction (102) in order to control the temperature thereof using circulating air, and with at least one pressure chamber (108); and at least one temperature-control device (112) for controlling the temperature of and / or circulating the circulating air, the at least one pressure chamber (108) being situated between a housing wall (142) of the at least one system housing (124) and the at least one temperature-control chamber (106), and, in order to circulate the circulating air through the temperature-control chamber (106), the at least one pressure chamber (108) being fluidically connected to the at least one temperature-control chamber (106) via at least one inlet opening (126) and at least one outlet opening (130). The invention also relates to a corresponding method for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for drying treated vehicle bodies or parts thereof using temperature-controlled circulating air.

The present invention relates to a method (200) for generating and providing heat and / or cold in a treatment system (102) for workpieces, preferably in a paint shop (103) for vehicle bodies or parts thereof, wherein the method (200) comprises the following steps: determining at least one power requirement (202) of the consumer processes of the treatment system in a predetermined time interval; prioritising a water network (204); determining a power profile (208) for the at least one heat pump device of the prioritised water network on the basis of the determined power requirement; controlling the at least one heat pump device of the prioritised water network on the basis of the determined power profile; providing cold and / or hot water to the consumer processes (146) of the treatment system (102); and temporarily storing cold water and / or hot water in the at least one storage device.

Described herein is an apparatus for drying a vehicle. An apparatus for drying a vehicle may include an overhead frame including two or more beams, a distal rod, a proximal rod, and at least a central rod. An apparatus for drying a vehicle may further include one or more sets of blowers, such as a first set of blowers mechanically attached to the two or more beams, a second set of blowers mechanically attached to the proximal rod, a third set of blowers mechanically attached to the distal rod, and a fourth set of blowers mechanically attached to a central rod.

The present invention relates to a system (100) for generating heating and cooling power in a treatment plant (102) for workpieces, in particular a vehicle body paint shop (103), wherein the system (100) comprises the following: at least one cold water network (104) for supplying consumer processes (146) with cold water, which has at least one cold water storage device (110) for compensating for process load peaks and / or at least one cold water network heat transfer device (112, 154, 158) for recovering heat from consumer processes (146); at least one hot water network (106) for supplying consumer processes (146) with hot water, which has at least one hot water storage device (120) for compensating process load peaks and / or at least one hot water network heat transfer device (122, 166) for recovering heat from consumer processes (146); and at least one heat pump device, in particular at least one first heat pump device (132), wherein the cold water network (104) is connected to the hot water network (106) by means of the at least one heat pump device (132), and wherein the networks (104, 106) have different temperature levels. The present invention also relates to a method for generating heating and cooling power in a treatment plant (102) for workpieces, in particular a vehicle body paint shop (103).

In general terms the present invention proposes a lamp arrangement (100, 300) for curing a material, the lamp arrangement comprising at least one lamp unit (102A, 102B, 102C, 200, 302A, 302B, 302C, 302D, 302E, 302F), wherein each of the at least one lamp unit comprising at least one light source (202A, 202B) configured to emit a radiation of a pre-defined intensity, and at least one reflector (204); and a controller (104, 306) configured to control at least one parameter to provide the desired curing of the material.

A vehicle washing system includes a vehicle treatment area that is configured to receive a vehicle to be dried. At least one dryer media device is positioned in the vehicle treatment area. The at least one dryer media device is configured to dry the vehicle upon contact with the vehicle. An air moving assembly is located adjacent to the at least one dryer media device in the vehicle treatment area, and is configured to remove excess moisture from the at least one dryer media device.

The invention relates to a temperature control device (100) for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for heating a motorized vehicle body, said temperature control device (100) comprising:-at least two temperature control modules (104), which are arranged one behind the other in a conveying direction (102); and-at least one power module (105) for circulating and tempering circulating air, which power module is arranged at least in sections between the at least two tempering modules (104), the at least two tempering modules (104) and the at least one power module (105) forming a tempering chamber (106) through which workpieces can be conveyed in a conveying direction (102) for tempering with circulating air. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for controlling the temperature of a workpiece, in particular for heating a motor vehicle body.

In general terms the present disclosure proposes a lamp arrangement for curing a material, the lamp arrangement including at least one lamp unit, wherein each of the at least one lamp unit has at least one light source configured to emit a radiation of a pre-defined intensity, and at least one reflector; and a controller configured to control at least one parameter to provide the desired curing of the material.

A method of treatment of process gas from an industrial process having a main stream and a secondary stream, wherein at least a portion of the process gas is treated by the following process steps: a first condensation step, in which a first condensate is separated out of the process gas; a first branching that takes place after the first condensation step, in which at least a portion of the process gas is branched off from the main stream as offgas into the secondary stream; a first further treatment step that takes place in the main stream after the first branching, in which at least a portion of the process gas is treated further after the first condensation step.

A system for thermally treating components includes an indirect-fired oven, the indirect-fired oven having an internal chamber configured to house the components and an air intake in fluid communication with the internal chamber. A source of heat is disposed external to the internal chamber of the indirect-fired oven, and a combustion source is disposed external to the internal chamber of the indirect-fired oven and is configured to generate gas combustion products. An exhaust line is in fluid communication with the internal chamber of the indirect-fired oven, and the gas combustion products are introduced into the internal chamber of the indirect-fired oven.

The present invention relates to a fresh air heat exchanger (100) for heating a fresh air stream, comprising: at least one ventilator (106) for suctioning in fresh air and generating a fresh air stream; and at least one electrically heated heat transfer unit (108) for transferring thermal energy to the fresh air stream.

The present invention relates to a portable curing apparatus (1) which enables the adhesive chemicals used in battery modules to be cured in a controlled manner by applying heat at a certain temperature at a certain time.