公开(公告)号：US20230024157A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17869542

申请日：2022-07-20

申请人： SST Systems, Inc.

发明人： Tim Splingaire ,  Anthony E. Herbst ,  Jeffrey Alan Wienke ,  Chad Martin Andreae

IPC分类号： C25D17/06 ,  B65G49/04 ,  B05C3/10 ,  B05D7/22 ,  B05D7/00 ,  C25D17/00 ,  C25D17/28 ,  C25D21/10

摘要： An e-coat line includes a frame supporting a process track configured to extend along a process direction, a workpiece rack moveably supported on the frame, and a plurality of electrodes supported on an electrode rack. The rack includes support members configured to hold a plurality of hollow workpieces in a predetermined arrangement, and the workpiece rack is moveable relative to the frame between a raised position and a lowered position. The plurality of electrodes are supported on the electrode rack in a predetermined arrangement complementary to the predetermined arrangement of the plurality of hollow workpieces on the support members. The electrode rack is moveable relative to the workpiece rack in a direction crossing the process direction between a first position, in which the plurality of electrodes are extended along and overlapping with the support members to fit within the plurality of hollow workpieces, and a second position, in which the plurality of electrodes are retracted away from the support members to be removed from the plurality of hollow workpieces.

公开(公告)号：US20230332321A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US17723273

申请日：2022-04-18

申请人： SST Systems, Inc.

发明人： Anthony E. Herbst ,  Bradley M. Andreae

IPC分类号： C25D17/04 ,  B65G49/04 ,  B66D3/26 ,  C25D17/06 ,  C25D17/10

CPC分类号： C25D17/04 ,  B65G49/0459 ,  B66D3/26 ,  C25D17/06 ,  C25D17/10

摘要： A finishing system includes a frame that includes a bath station configured to communicate with an electrode. A hoist supported by the frame is movable into register with the bath station to establish electrical communication between the hoist and a current generated by a power source. The current drives deposition of a coating onto a load carried by the hoist. A drive assembly of the system is supported by the hoist and is operable to rotate a sprocket. The drive assembly includes a rotary conductor electrically coupled to the sprocket and configured to come into electrical communication with the frame. An electrically conductive lifting chain is operable through rotation of the sprocket to lower the load into the bath station. The frame communicates current from the power source to the rotary conductor, and the lifting chain communicates current from the rotary conductor to the load.