Modular Coating Cell Base Body for Robot-Ready Powder Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing coating booths and systems lack flexibility and automation, failing to optimize productivity and cost-effectiveness, especially with the increasing use of coating robots and varying coating requirements.
Innovation Solution
A modular coating concept with a base body having a modular structure, integrated suction and blow-off systems, and a flexible design for connecting side walls and robots, allowing for customizable coating cells that integrate with coating robots and optimize powder recovery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a traditional conveyor device is used for transporting workpieces through the coating chamber, then continuous workpiece transport is enabled, but dirt particles or powder residues can fall off the conveyor leading to coating irregularities
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor device is extracted from the coating chamber interior and relocated to the floor level, separating the transport function from the coating space. This extraction prevents the conveyor from contaminating the coating environment while maintaining continuous transport capability through floor-level conveyor slots.
2Productivity
If coating booths are designed for large production batches with automated coating, then productivity is improved, but flexibility for different coating tasks is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The coating booth design incorporates dynamic adaptability through adjustable components and modular structures that allow the system to transition between automated high-volume coating and flexible manual coating tasks. The booth can be reconfigured based on production requirements, enabling both continuous automated operation and discontinuous manual operation modes.
3Manufacturing precision
If the conveyor device is arranged below the booth floor, then coating quality is improved by preventing contamination, but access to the coating chamber becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The floor structure is segmented with dedicated conveyor slots that separate the transport function from the work area. This segmentation allows the conveyor to operate below the floor level for contamination-free transport while maintaining open access to the coating chamber through the same floor structure, as the conveyor slots are designed to minimize obstruction.
4Adaptability or versatility
If modular base bodies are used for coating cells, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular base bodies are designed with universal interfaces and standardized dimensions that allow them to serve multiple functions across different coating applications. The same base body module can be used in various configurations for different coating cell requirements, reducing the number of unique components needed and simplifying the overall system despite the modular architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible and automated coating processes with high productivity and cost-effectiveness, accommodating diverse coating tasks and enhancing the use of coating robots.
Implementation Method 1
an integrated suction system for suctioning and/or removing overspray powder, in particular as required, during coating operation of the coating cell
Implementation Method 2
an integrated blow-off system for the release of compressed air, particularly as needed and preferably in a pulsed manner, particularly along the at least one inclined or curved surface of the booth floor and in the direction of an extraction channel
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AI summary
The invention relates to a main part (5) for a coating cell (2) of a coating plant (1), the main part (5) having a modular design and being preferably an exchangeable element within the entire system of the coating plant (1). The main part (5) is further designed to be connectible to at least one sidewall (12) which is preferably in the form of a module, to provide a particularly user-specifically configured coating cell (2).