The present invention generally relates to an electrostatic coating system for spraying a stream of particles onto a medium, and in particular to a system comprising one or more apparatuses equipped with a powder coating suspension device. What is also contemplated is the use of a powder management system configured to supply predetermined powdered and air mixtures to the apparatus and a controller configured to adjust parameters of operation of both the apparatus and the powder management system. The present disclosure relates to an in-line industrial device able to coat paint, starch, thermoplastic materials, or any other powder material onto a medium by successively controlling a plurality of parameters.

A method, including: establishing an electric field (210) in an electrospray deposition device (100B) and within the electric field emitting a spray of a medium (114) comprising payload materials (116A) from an emitter (104) toward a conductive target (132) disposed on an insulated conductive body (200); disposing charged payload materials (116BE) on the insulated conductive body; and establishing field lines (130BE) in the electric field between the emitter and the charged payload materials on the insulated conductive body to stabilize the electric field and between the emitter and the target to carry the spray of the medium to the target.

A voltage assisted painting system includes a housing, at least one nozzle, and at least one electrode. The housing has a conduit for receiving paint from an external source into the housing. The at least one nozzle is disposed in the housing. The at least one nozzle has an inlet that is fluidly connected to the conduit to receive paint from the conduit. The at least one nozzle has an outlet that dispenses paint. The at least one electrode is provided at the housing at a location downstream of the inlet with respect to the conduit. The at least one electrode is configured to generate a magnetic field in the vicinity of the outlet.

The present invention generally relates to an electrostatic coating system for spraying a stream of particles onto a medium, and in particular to a system comprising one or more apparatuses equipped with a powder coating suspension device. What is also contemplated is the use of a powder management system configured to supply predetermined powdered and air mixtures to the apparatus and a controller configured to adjust parameters of operation of both the apparatus and the powder management system. The present disclosure relates to an in-line industrial device able to coat paint, starch, thermoplastic materials, or any other powder material onto a medium by successively controlling a plurality of parameters.

An applicator for electrostatic deposition of dry powder on a grounded continuous moving electrically conductive web is provided that includes a powder feeding system, at least one powder dispenser, an electrostatic deposition chamber, and at least one wire electrode in the electrostatic deposition chamber. An opening of a powder dispenser outlet is arranged along the latitude of the electrically conductive web, and the ratio of the width of the outlet opening and the coating width of the web is in the range of 0.25-1.0. The powder dispenser has a defined angle relative to the web and a vertical distance between the powder dispenser outlet and the web. The first wire electrode generates a corona discharge zone with a radius and have a vertical distance between the web.

Described are an apparatus for generating and collecting nanospray reactive droplets and a method for analyzing a protein digestion. The apparatus includes a capillary, counter electrode, collection vessel, electrostatic lenses, and voltage control module. The capillary receives a mixture that includes a protein and an enzyme and has an outlet disposed in the aperture to dispense the mixture. The collection vessel has a concave surface to receive a nanospray plume emitted from the capillary outlet. The counter electrode and electrostatic lenses are disposed along a nanospray path defined between the capillary outlet and the collection vessel. Each electrostatic lens is formed of an electrically conductive plate having an aperture therein to pass a nanospray reactive plume. The voltage control module is in electrical communication with and is configured to independently control the voltage of the capillary, the counter electrode, the collection vessel and each of the electrostatic lenses.