Abstract:
A spray coating system for spray coating articles as they move through a spray-coating region is disclosed. A conveyor sequentially transports a plurality of articles through the spray-coating region. A plurality of hangable members are located at spaced locations along the conveyor, each hangable member being adapted to received, at the option of the user, a single member to be spray coated whereby each hangable member may, or may not, have a member to be sprayed associated with it. Conveyor movement pulses having a frequency representative of the speed of the conveyor are generated. A start signal is also generated whenever a hangable member having an article associated with it reaches an initial position upstream of the spray-coating region. The articles are sprayed as they move through the spray-coating region in a manner determined by the start signals and the conveyor movement pulses.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for spray coating one or a series of objects with at least two powder coating materials in succession or alternately. When a change of the material being sprayed is to be effected, the flow of the first material is terminated, preferably by means of a squeeze valve, the flow path of the first material is flushed with a fluid, preferably air, and the second spray material is sprayed. The relative positions of the apparatus forming the respective flow paths of the two spray materials are not changed during this process. In one preferred embodiment, feed conduits corresponding to respective spray materials converge into a single delivery conduit. Each feed conduit includes means for closing and opening it. Means are provided for flushing at least part of a given feed conduit, or the delivery conduit, or both, with a fluid. The flushing can preferably be done pulsatingly.