摘要:
A method and apparatus for spraying liquid coating material containing supercritical fluid or liquified gas as a diluent comprises a spray gun having internal passages which transmit the liquid coating material under high pressure from an inlet (64) to a nozzle (50) at the tip of the gun (14) and then to an outlet (66) so that the liquid coating material can be continuously recirculated. A relatively short flow discharge path is formed between the internal passages in the spray gun (14) and the nozzle (50) to avoid the formation of an area of ambient or reduced pressure so that the supercritical fluid of liquified gas is substantially maintained in solution in the liquified coating until it is discharged from the gun (14). A pressure regulator (128) is provided to maintain a substantially constant pressure drop across the inlet (64) and outlet (66) of the gun (14) to induce flow of liquid coating material through the gun (14), and to permit several guns (14) to be connected in series without creating a substantial pressure drop therebetween.
摘要:
An air atomizing nozzle assembly for electrostatic spray guns is disclosed. The nozzle assembly is made of plastic parts and includes an air cap having a central bore which surrounds a fluid nozzle tip. The nozzle has a nut formed on its forward end to facilitate threading of the rearward end of the nozzle tip into a threaded bore of the gun body. Formed on the front part of the nozzle, either as a part of the nut or a cylindrical surface adjacent the nut, is an accurately machined surface engageable in press fit relationship with a mating accurately machined bore of the air cap. These mating press fit surfaces center the bore of the air cap relative to the nozzle tip so as to leave an annular, evenly dimensioned air flow passage surrounding the nozzle tip and defined between the nozzle tip and the bore of the air cap. The air cap is retained in a one-piece resilient retaining ring by snapping the air cap into an annular lip of the retaining ring. The retaining ring is then threaded onto the gun body to secure the nozzle assembly onto the gun body.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for spraying liquid coating material containing supercritical fluid or liquified gas as a diluent comprises a spray gun having internal passages which transmit the liquid coating material under high pressure from an inlet (64) to a nozzle (50) at the tip of the gun (14) and then to an outlet (66) so that the liquid coating material can be continuously recirculated. A relatively short flow discharge path is formed between the internal passages in the spray gun (14) and the nozzle (50) to avoid the formation of an area of ambient or reduced pressure so that the supercritical fluid of liquified gas is substantially maintained in solution in the liquified coating until it is discharged from the gun (14). A pressure regulator (128) is provided to maintain a substantially constant pressure drop across the inlet (64) and outlet (66) of the gun (14) to induce flow of liquid coating material through the gun (14), and to permit several guns (14) to be connected in series without creating a substantial pressure drop therebetween.
摘要:
An air atomising nozzle assembly for electrostatic spray guns is disclosed. The nozzle assembly is made of plastic parts and includes an air cap having a central bore which surrounds a fluid nozzle tip. The nozzle has a nut formed on its forward end to facilitate threading of the rearward end of the nozzle tip into a threaded bore of the gun body. Formed on the front part of the nozzle, either as a part of the nut or a cylindrical surface adjacent the nut, is an accurately machined surface engageable in press fit relationship with a mating accurately machined bore of the air cap. These mating press fit surfaces centre the bore of the air cap relative to the nozzle tip so as to leave an annular, evenly dimensioned air flow passage surrounding the nozzle tip and defined between the nozzle tip and the bore of the air cap. The air cap is retained in a one-piece resilient retaining ring by snapping the air cap into an annular lip of the retaining ring. The retaining ring is then threaded onto the gun body to secure the nozzle assembly onto the gun body.
摘要:
A nozzle assembly for spray coating apparatus such as an electrostatic spray gun includes an air cap (50) having a central bore (52) which engages a nozzle member (26). The bore has a plurality of uniformly dimensioned axially aligned gas flow passages (62) evenly spaced about its circumference and a plurality of radially inwardly extending ribs (64) therebetween. In order to obtain uniform atomization of coating material and prevent the spray pattern to be badly distorted the side of a bore engages the outside surface of the nozzle member to positively align its centre axis on the axis of the central bore. The air cap and nozzle member thus cooperate to form a plurality of uniform gas flow passages around the nozzle (38) thereby producing a fineiy atomized uniform spray pattern of coating material emitted from the nozzle member.
摘要:
An air atomising nozzle assembly for electrostatic spray guns is disclosed. The nozzle assembly is made of polyamide-imide («Torlon») plastic parts and includes an air cap having a central bore which surrounds a fluid nozzle tip. The fluid nozzle tip has a nut formed on its forward end to facilitate threading of the rearward end of the nozzle tip into a threaded bore of the gun body. Formed on the front part of the nozzle, either as a part of the nut or a cylindrical surface adjacent the nut, is an accurately machined surface engageable in press fit relationship with a mating accurately machined bore of the air cap. These mating press fit surfaces centre the bore of the air cap relative to the nozzle tip so as to leave an annular, evenly dimensioned air flow passage surrounding the nozzle tip and defined between the nozzle tip and the bore of the air cap. The air cap is retained in a one-piece resilient retaining ring by snapping the air cap into an annular lip of the retaining ring. The retaining ring is then threaded onto the gun body to secure the nozzle assembly onto the gun body.
摘要:
A spray coating system including a gun from which electrostatically charged liquid coating material, atomized with the aid of a first air stream and shaped in a desired fan pattern with a second air stream, is emitted to coat an object spaced therefrom. Separate signal-controlled valves are provided to independently control the liquid coating flow rate, atomization air stream flow rate, and fan-shaping air stream flow rate. Signalcontrolled electrostatic voltage regulating means are provided to control the magnitude of the electrostatic voltage used to electrostatically charge the liquid coating particles. An electronic controller having means for entering the identity of a particular article to be coated and a «look-up» table memory correlating part identity with the requisite voltage level and flow rates for the coating material, atomizing air stream, and fan-shaping air stream for various articles automatically controls the electrostratic voltage source and the various valves to provide the necessary voltage and flow rates previously empirically determined and stored in the controller memory.