Device and method for drying work pieces

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for drying work pieces, in particular vehicle wheels, comprising a dryer housing (14) which borders a dryer chamber (16) and has at least one access (34; 88, 98) to the dryer chamber (16). Work piece carriers (20) loaded with work pieces (12) can be conveyed through the dryer chamber (16) by a conveyance system (18). There is a transfer device (60), by means of which work pieces (12) to be dried can be transferred to a work piece carrier (20), which is located in the dryer chamber (16), and dried work pieces (12) can be removed by a work piece carrier (20) which is located in the dryer chamber (16). The work piece carriers (20) can thus be conveyed in circulation through the dryer chamber (16) without leaving said chamber. The invention further relates to a method for drying work pieces, in particular vehicle wheels, wherein the work piece carriers (20) are correspondingly conveyed through the dryer chamber (16) without leaving said chamber, wherein work pieces (12) to be dried are transferred to a work piece carrier (20) which is located in the dryer chamber (16) and dried work pieces (12) are removed by a work piece carrier (20) which is located in the dryer chamber (16).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a device for drying workpieces, in particular wheels, having: [0002] a) a dryer shell which bounds the drying chamber and has at least one passage leading to the drying chamber; [0003] b) Conveyor system, whereby the workpiece racks loaded with workpieces are conveyed through the drying chamber. [0004] The invention also relates to a method for drying workpieces, in particular wheels, in which a workpiece carrier loaded with workpieces is conveyed through a drying chamber. Background technique [0005] Such devices and methods are known from the market, for example, for drying freshly painted workpieces or workpieces whose outer surface has been treated in other ways in drying ovens. This is also to be understood here as including baking a powder coating onto the workpiece. [0006] Here, a wheel is used as an example as the workpiece to be dried. However, the workpieces to be dried can also be other components or com...

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[0010] Depending on the weight ratio of the workpiece carrier to the workpiece on the workpiece carrier, a considerable share of energy is expended in each drying process for heating the workpiece carrier, which significantly worsens the overall energy balance of the drying device with respect to the workpieces to be dried , and thus increases the total operating cost of the equipment

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