89results 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 a temperature control system (100) for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies, wherein the temperature control system (100) comprises the following: - at least two temperature control modules (104) which are located one behind the other in a direction of travel (102); and - at least one power module (105) for circulating and controlling the temperature of recirculation air, said power module being placed at least in part between the at least two temperature control modules (104), wherein the at least two temperature control modules (104) and the at least one power module (105) form a temperature control chamber (106) through which the workpieces can be conveyed along the direction of travel (102) in order for their temperature to be controlled by recirculation air. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies.

The present invention relates to a temperature control system (100) for temperature control of workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies, wherein the temperature control system (100) comprises the following: - at least two temperature control modules (104) arranged one behind the other in a conveying direction (102); and - at least one power module (105) for circulating and tempering recirculated air, which is arranged at least sectionally between the at least two tempering modules (104), wherein the at least two tempering modules (104) and the at least one power module (105) form a tempering chamber (106) through which the workpieces can be conveyed for tempering with recirculated air along the conveying direction (102). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding method for tempering workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies.

The present invention relates to a temperature control system (100) for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies, wherein the temperature control system (100) comprises the following: - at least two temperature control modules (104) which are located one behind the other in a direction of travel (102); and - at least one power module (105) for circulating and controlling the temperature of recirculation air, said power module being placed at least in part between the at least two temperature control modules (104), wherein the at least two temperature control modules (104) and the at least one power module (105) form a temperature control chamber (106) through which the workpieces can be conveyed along the direction of travel (102) in order for their temperature to be controlled by recirculation air. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for heating vehicle bodies.

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.

The present invention relates to a treatment facility (10) for treating workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, the facility comprising a treatment chamber (200) which comprises: a plurality of treatment chamber portions (202) that are each assigned to a plurality of separate recirculated air modules (204) of the treatment facility (10); and at least one lock (214) that has a first stage (216) and a second stage (218), wherein fresh air can be supplied to the first stage (216) of the lock (214), and wherein recirculated air and / or fresh air can be supplied to the second stage (218).

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

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.

The present invention relates to a recirculation system (104), in particular for a treatment plant (100) for treating workpieces, wherein the recirculation system (104) comprises the following: - a plurality of local recirculation modules (112), by means of which local recirculation flows (114) can be supplied to a treatment chamber (106), guided therethrough and discharged out thereof, wherein the local recirculation flows (114) each flow through the treatment chamber (106) multiple times; and - a global recirculation guide (120), by means of which a global recirculation flow (122) can be discharged from the plurality of local recirculation modules (112) and / or the treatment chamber (106), can be prepared by means of a preparation device (126) and can be supplied again to at least one of the plurality of local recirculation modules (112) and / or the treatment chamber (106).

The invention relates to a drying device (10) for drying a motor vehicle body (12) following dip painting of the body (12). The drying device (10) has a holding zone (26) designed to maintain a heated state of the body (12). A cooling zone (30) extends downstream of the holding zone (26) through the drying device (10) in the conveying direction (14) of the body (12). The holding zone (26) and the cooling zone (30) are separated from the surrounding area (20) of the drying device (10) by an enclosure (40) of the drying device (10). The drying device (10) has a processing zone (32) arranged between the holding zone (26) and the cooling zone (30), in which at least one robot (34) is arranged. At least one robot (34) is trained to apply at least one sealing material (36) to the body (12).Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for drying a body (12) for a motor vehicle.

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.

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.

Temperature control device (10) for surface-treated objects such as vehicle parts, comprising a) a temperature control chamber (16) in which a surface-treated object can be temperature controlled, b) a high-boiling-point exhaust air stream (26) containing high-boiling organic compounds from the temperature control chamber (16), c) a combustion device (30) for thermal post-treatment of the high-boiling-point exhaust air stream (26), characterized in that d) a device (32) for pyrolysis of the high-boiling-point exhaust air stream is provided.

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

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.;

In order to provide a treatment system (100) for treating workpieces (102) that is of simple and compact instruction and allows efficient treatment of workpieces, the treatment system (100) comprises the following: a treatment space (110) which serves to receive one or more workpieces (102) and in which a treatment operation can be performed; and one or more air recirculation units (118) by means of which a recirculating air flow can be generated which is conducted through the treatment space (110), wherein the one or more air recirculation units (118) each comprise one or more electric heating devices (122).

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.

The invention relates to a conversion kit (202) suitable for converting a treatment system, more particularly an existing treatment system, for treating workpieces, in particular for drying vehicle bodies, the conversion kit (202) comprising the following: - one or more additional heating devices (206, 208, 210) suitable for heating a clean gas conducted in a clean-gas guide (126) or fresh air conducted in a fresh-air guide (122); and a) a regenerative thermal oxidation device (204) as a replacement for a thermal post-combustion device (142), in particular fossil-fueled thermal post-combustion device; or b) a regenerative thermal oxidation device (204) as a replacement for a fresh-air heat exchanger (144) and a converted thermal post-combustion device (142), in particular fossil-heated thermal post-combustion device, for use as a fresh-air heat exchanger (150); or c) a regenerative thermal oxidation device (204) as a replacement for a thermal post-combustion device (142), in particular fossil-fueled thermal post-combustion device, and electrically heated air circulation modules (214) as a replacement for air circulation modules (110) with heat exchanger or converted air circulation modules (214) with electrical heating registers instead of heat exchangers.

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

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

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.

To provide a hot air generation device capable of decreasing a carbon dioxide discharge amount.SOLUTION: The hot air generation device for carrying out heat treatment relating to dry gas of a coating drying furnace, comprises: a heating chamber to which the dry gas is supplied; and an electric flow heater attached to a wall of the heating chamber, wherein the electric flow heater comprises: a heating unit provided with a heating element; an introduction unit provided outside the heating chamber to introduce gas flowing through the heating unit; a discharge unit provided in the heating chamber to discharge gas flowing through the heating unit; and an electric connection terminal provided outside the heating chamber to supply the heating element with electric power.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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.