Coating process and coating system with improved dead space filling

Abstract

The invention relates to a coating method for coating a component (e.g., a motor vehicle body component) with a coating agent (e.g., paint), comprising the following steps: • Providing an application device with a nozzle, a coating agent supply line, a controllable main valve, and a dead space volume in the coating agent supply line downstream of the main valve; • Pressing the application device against the coating agent, wherein the main valve is open to at least partially fill the dead space volume with the coating agent; and • Coating the component with the coating agent after pressing the application device against the component, wherein the application device, with its paint impact point, is moved along a programmed coating path starting at a starting point, thereby applying the coating agent to the component through the nozzle.The invention provides that the application device is pressed down while the application device, with its point of color impact, is moving towards the starting point of the programmed coating path or is already located at the starting point of the programmed coating path. Furthermore, the invention comprises a coating system for carrying out the coating process according to the invention.

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