Coating zone with inclined guide rails

Abstract

In a painting booth (1) for the series coating of application objects, such as vehicle bodies (2) or the add-on parts thereof, painting and / or handling robots (11) are moveable on guide rails (10) arranged above the conveyor (3) of the objects (2) and in particular arranged approximately level with their upper side or thereabove. According to a first aspect of the invention, the guide rail (10) and the basic body (51) of the robot (11), which basic body is guided by the guide rail, are arranged in such a manner that the first axis (A1) of the robot is inclined in relation to the vertical plane which is parallel to the conveying direction. According to a second aspect of the invention, the guide rail (10) is arranged at an inclination or tiltably with respect to a vertical plane which is parallel to the conveying direction.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a coating plant region and a coating plant having said region. It relates in particular to the painting (painting) area or other areas of a plant for the continuous coating of objects to be coated, such as in particular car bodies or accessories using robots for this purpose, including painting or other coating robots, such as Other manipulators for additional devices and / or handling robots for opening tools such as doors or hoods. Background technique [0002] In conventional paint booths (paint booths) for painting car bodies using robots, guide rails therein are generally installed transversely on the floor of the paint booth. However, it may be more convenient to arrange the guide rails of the robot above the conveyor or even the vehicle body for various reasons, for example, because they interfere with viewing through the side walls of the paint booth and reduce the accessibility of the vehicle body or other coating objec...

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Problems solved by technology

The main disadvantage of the known painting area is that the paint booth cannot be too wide in view of the construction and investment costs including the walk-in control area

On the one hand, the available space for the control area is undesirably too small

On the other hand, for a given overall width and enlargement of the control area, the passage for the air flow to flow down the ceiling in the booth is undesirably restricted

[0007] Another problem is the necessary support for the overhead arrangement rails, which are naturally more difficult to obtain than rails on the paint booth floor

So far, attempts have been made to achieve sufficient stability for the guide rails mounted above the conveyors on the chamber walls only with suboptimal constructions for corresponding stabilizing side walls, in particular without their own transverse rails at the height of these rails. rod

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