Coating device with printhead storage

US11878317B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dürr Systems AG · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Georg Fritz · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Benjamin Wöhr · Eibensbach, DE
• Marcus Kleiner · Besigheim, DE
• Moritz Bubek · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Timo Beyl · Besigheim, DE
• Frank Herre · Oberriexingen, DE
• Steffen Sotzny · Oberstenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 13, 2022
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05C5/027
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosure concerns a coating device and a corresponding coating process for coating components, in particular motor vehicle body components, with a coating agent (e.g. paint), with a coating robot with a first printhead which is mounted on the coating robot. The disclosure provides that the first printhead is exchangeably mounted on the coating robot and can be exchanged for a second printhead during a color change. Another variant of the disclosure, on the other hand, provides for a second printhead to be mounted on the coating robot in addition to the first printhead, the two printheads each applying a specific coating agent in order to enable a color change without changing the printhead.