36results about "Vehicle body drying" patented technology

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 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 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 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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

An enclosed module having real-time monitoring systems comprising analytics telemetry, anomaly detection and predictive telemetry that provide autonomous actions or human instructions for reducing fur

The present invention relates to a method (200) for generating and providing heat and / or cold in a treatment plant (102) for workpieces, preferably in a paint shop (103) for vehicle bodies or parts thereof, wherein the method (200) comprises the following steps: - Determine at least one power requirement (202) of the consumer processes of the treatment plant in a predetermined time interval; - Prioritizing a water network (204); - Determining a power profile (208) for the at least one heat pump device of the prioritized water network based on the determined power demand; - Rules of at least one heat pump device of the prioritized water network based on the specified performance profile. - Providing cold and / or hot water to the consumer processes (146) of the treatment plant (102); and - Intermediate storage of cold water and / or hot water in at least one storage device.

In order to provide a method for fault analysis in a processing plant, for example a painting plant, by means of which fault situations can be easily and reliably analysed, according to the invention said method comprises the following: identifying, in particular automatically, a fault situation in the processing plant (101); storing, in a fault database (136), a fault situation data record for each fault situation that has been identified; automatically determining a fault cause for the fault situation, and / or automatically determining process values relevant to the fault situation, on the basis of the fault data record for the respective fault situation that has been identified.

A lamp housing to cure a pigmented ultraviolet (UV) curable paint includes a plurality of UV light emitting diode (LED) lights. The plurality of UV LED lights simultaneously emits light. The plurality of UV LED lights includes a first UV LED light and a second UV LED light. The first UV LED light emits a first wavelength and the second UV LED light emits a second wavelength. The first wavelength is different than the second wavelength. The lamp housing further includes a flexible substrate. The plurality of LED lights is disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate matches a contour of the pigmented UV curable paint.

A heated paint drying system for drying paint on a vehicle using heated pressurized air includes an air supply supplying pressurized air. An air hose is coupled to the air supply and transfers pressurized air from the air supply. A housing includes a handle section, a head section, and a channel extending through the housing from the head section to the handle section. The air hose is in fluid communication with the channel when the air hose is coupled to the housing. A valve is positioned within the channel and a trigger selectively opens or closes the valve. A heat emitter is attached to the housing and heats pressurized air passing through the channel. An electricity generator is electrically connected to the heat emitter. The electricity generator has a driver manipulated by the flow of pressurized air, wherein the heat emitter is turned on when the driver is manipulated.

A drying furnace comprises a plurality of drying areas that are continuously provided along a longitudinal direction of the furnace and include a first hot air supply port, a second hot air supply port, and an exhaust port. The first hot air supply port is arranged at a position below a vehicle body in the furnace shell to discharge hot air diagonally upward. The second hot air supply port is arranged at a position higher than the first hot air supply port in the furnace shell to discharge hot air diagonally downward. The exhaust port is arranged at a position lower than the first hot air supply port and the second hot air supply port in the furnace shell to discharge the hot air outside the furnace shell. The drying furnace uniformly raises the temperature of the external and internal parts of the vehicle body while shortening the furnace length.

A drying device for vehicles and a vehicle therefor are provided. The drying device includes an air conditioner for exhaust and intake, and a sterilization dryer connected to the air conditioner and having formed therein a storage space. The sterilization dryer includes an intake line to direct air exhausted from the air conditioner into the storage space, a discharge line to externally discharge air that has flowed through the intake line and passed through the storage space, and an exhaust line to direct air that has flowed through the intake line and passed through the storage space, into the air conditioner.

A can making system includes a hydrogen fired oven structured to burn hydrogen to dry and / or cure coatings on can bodies conveyed through the hydrogen fired oven, and a water recycling system including a first condenser structured to receive water vapor from the hydrogen fired oven resultant from burning the hydrogen and to condense the water vapor into condensed water, and wherein the water recycling system is structured to provide the condensed water to another component of the can making system.

The present invention relates to a serial cathodic electrodeposition coating process for metallic substrates comprising i. immersing to be coated metallic substrates in an electrodeposition bath comprising an aqueous cathodic electrodeposition coating material, ii. depositing cathodic electrodeposition coating material on the metallic substrates, whereby the deposition process includes connecting the substrates as cathode of a circuit and applying an electric voltage, iii. removing the coated substrates from the electrodeposition bath, and iv. baking the coating material deposited on the metallic substrates.

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 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 warm water network (106) for supplying consumer processes (146) with warm water, which has at least one warm water storage device (120) for compensating process load peaks and / or at least one warm water network heat transfer device (122, 166) for recovering heat from consumer processes (146); andat 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 at least one warm water network (106) by means of the heat pump device (132), and wherein the networks (104, 106) have different temperature levels.The present invention furthermore 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).

A drying and / or hardening apparatus (10) for drying and / or hardening painted and / or coated and / or bonded workpieces, comprising: a processing chamber (18) for accommodating the workpiece (14) to be processed, the processing chamber being connected to processing air lines (40, 42, 44, 46, 50) for introducing processing air into and / or removing processing air from the processing chamber; a heating device (26-37) for heating the processing air to be introduced into the processing chamber (18); and a control mechanism (55) for controlling the amount of processing air introduced into and / or removed from the processing chamber, and for controlling the heating power of the heating device. The control mechanism (55) is designed such that it adjusts, controls, and / or regulates the amount of processing air and the heating power in relation to or with reference to each other.

A method is described for heating the air inside at least one tunnel for the heat treatment of objects (11) in a plant (10, 110, 210) for the heat treatment of objects (11). The heat treatment may be a heat treatment for drying paint. The objects may be motor vehicle bodies or bodywork parts. The heat treatment produces pollutants in the air which is present in the tunnel and the method comprises the steps of extracting the polluted air from the tunnel (13), purifying it in a purification system (21) which generates hot fumes at the outlet, passing the hot fumes through a heat exchanger (37) which is connected to a heat pump (30) which recovers heat and produces at the outlet a heated fluid that is used to heat the air in the tunnel (13). A plant (10, 110, 210) operating in accordance with the method is also described.