Abstract:
A system for applying a coating material to articles comprises a booth having a floor and walls, a coating material dispensing device for depositing coating materials onto the articles, a vent opening in one of the walls, an exhaust system coupled to the vent opening for pulling atmosphere from the booth, one or more filters positioned between the coating material dispensing device and the vent opening for collecting undeposited coating material entrained in the atmosphere being pulled from the booth, a collection opening in the floor for collecting undeposited coating material which falls to the floor, and a sweeping apparatus for sweeping undeposited coating material on the floor into the collection opening. The sweeping apparatus includes two arms rotatably mounted in proximity to the floor, a drive mechanism for rotating the arms in a circular path. The collection opening in the floor is located near the periphery of the circular path. The arms include flexible blades for wiping the floor as the arm is rotated in the circular path so that the undeposited coating material is collected and forced toward the periphery of the circular path and into the collection opening in response to rotation of the arms.
Abstract:
A process of electrostatically coating cylindrical metal objects such as pipes with powdered resins is provided, in which the object is shot blasted, then subjected to high pressure fluid spray, e.g. water or steam jets, then heated above the fusion temperature of the resin, polarized and the resin powder sprayed on.
Abstract:
A spray booth for use in the spray coating of articles with coating powder. The spray booth forms a coating space which at a bottom is bounded by powder collection means. The powder collection means is divided into an inner collection means and a surrounding outer collection means for the separate collection of surplus powder and the separate removal of the entire surplus powder from the booth. The outer collection means collects surplus coating powder dropping off the inside surfaces of the booth walls. Since this powder may be contaminated with different color or different types of powder from previous spraying operations, it is discarded as waste. The inner collection means collects pure surplus powder which has not touched the booth wall surfaces. This pure surplus powder is recycled.
Abstract:
An electrostatic powder spraying apparatus that includes a nonrotating disk-like member having an edge; the electrostatic field extends between the edge of disk and articles to be coated. A first means of the apparatus deflects powder radially outwardly into a chamber. The chamber is adjacent the first means and provides space in which tangential streams impart a spiral motion or whirling cyclone-type motion to the radially deflected powder. An apertured means is spaced from the non-rotating disk-like member. The spiral motion of entrained powder moves it outwardly along the surface of the non-rotating disk-like member and causes air to be aspirated through the aperture to mix with the powder moving radially outwardly along the surface of the disk-like member. By this means the powder is given sufficient momentum to be ejected from the edge of the disk to the vicinity of an article at a powder attracting potential where the electrostatic field forces can guide the charged powder to the article.
Abstract:
A multi-color powder coat paint recovery apparatus that permits rapid color changes in a powder coat operation comprises a rotatable paint booth positioned adjacent to a painting station, with the booth having a plurality of individual paint color chambers angularly spaced around the periphery of the booth. Each chamber has an open outer side and a filter mechanism at an inner side, with the inner side being in communication with an exhaust outlet from the interior of the housing. The chamber further has primary and secondary paint hoppers positioned below each filter mechanism. An air circulating mechanism draws air inwardly from the painting station through the open outer side of the chamber, through the filter mechanism, out of the housing through the air outlet, and then returns the air through a filtered outlet in a plenum chamber behind the paint applicator. Each color chamber corresponds to a separate paint color. Colors can be changed by rotating the booth until the chamber for the desired color is positioned opposite the painting station. Excess paint is drawn downwardly into the paint hopper for each color and is recycled by a vacuum that conveys the paint back to a recycling apparatus for reuse in the system. The parts are painted while they are hot so as to increase paint retention on the parts.
Abstract:
An electrostatic powder spraying apparatus that includes a nonrotating disk-like member having an edge; the electrostatic field extends between the edge of disk and articles to be coated. A first means of the apparatus deflects powder radially outwardly into a chamber. The chamber is adjacent the first means and provides space in which tangential streams impart a spiral motion or whirling cyclone-type motion to the radially deflected powder. An apertured means is spaced from the non-rotating disk-like member. The spiral motion of entrained powder moves it outwardly along the surface of the non-rotating disk-like member and causes air to be aspirated through the aperture to mix with the powder moving radially outwardly along the surface of the disk-like member. By this means the powder is given sufficient momentum to be ejected from the edge of the disk to the vicinity of an article at a powder attracting potential where the electrostatic field forces can guide the charged powder to the article.