Abstract:
A multiplier module for stepping up low voltage from an external source for application to a spray gun electrode via a coaxial cable, the module being encapsulated and provided with female connectors to facilitate quick connect/disconnect operation and its components uniquely arranged to minimize high voltage hazards.
Abstract:
A high voltage electrostatic spray coating power supply which turns-off automatically when an overvoltage and/or overcurrent is detected, thereby reducing electrical shock and ignition hazards when spraying in an explosive atmosphere. Included is an unregulated DC supply, a DC voltage regulator, an inverter, and a multiplier of the capacitor/diode type which applies high DC voltage to an electrostatic spray gun. Ground return current from the multiplier output to a common internal ground lead is monitored and if it exceeds a predetermined selectable maximum is effective, via a turn-off circuit, to a) turn-off the DC regulator and b) short-circuit the regulator output and inverter input to the common ground. This prevents power transfer between the unregulated DC source and the voltage multiplier, as well as discharges electrical energy stored in the regulator smoothing capacitors and in the multiplier transformer. An overvoltage circuit is also included to independently turn-off the power supply when the regulator output voltage exceeds a predetermined maximum.
Abstract:
A control system for turning on and off an apparatus which discharges a coating liquid onto objects at a coating station. A sensor positioned adjacent the path of the objects upstream of the coating station initiates an interval timer as an object passes. After a predetermined time delay, the timer turns on a discharge gun positioned at the coating station, to begin to deposit the liquid upon the object. The timer maintains the discharge gun in an actuated condition for a predetermined time duration, and then turns the gun off. The control provides rapid and reliable turn on and turn off of the coating apparatus without false triggering, and provides precise time intervals which are continuously settable over an exceptionally wide range. The control utilizes a rapid reset hold and lock out circuit, SCR switches, unijunction relaxation oscillators having constant current charging circuits, an over voltage output circuit with short circuit protection, and means for programming the operation of plural discharge devices over different time periods.