B05B12/04

METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DISPENSE FLUID ONTO A TARGET AREA OF A SURFACE
20220410847 · 2022-12-29 ·

A device for dispensing liquid onto a target area of a vehicle surface is described, and includes a mixing valve that is in communication with a pressurized fluidic supply system via a fluidic distribution system, and a controller. The mixing valve includes an outlet orifice that is disposed proximal to the target area, and the mixing valve includes first and second valve conduits that are fluidly connected to the outlet orifice via a mixing portion. The first valve conduit includes a first control valve, and the second valve conduit includes a second control valve. The fluidic distribution system includes a first fluidic conduit and a second fluidic conduit. The controller is operatively connected to the fluidic supply system, and the first and second control valves.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GROUND SPEED OF AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER DURING A TURN
20220396263 · 2022-12-15 ·

An agricultural sprayer includes a computing system configured to receive a first input associated with a target application rate at which agricultural fluid is to be dispensed onto the field. Moreover, the computing system is configured to receive a second input associated with a turn being made or to be made by the sprayer. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a maximum ground speed for the turn at which a selected nozzle dispenses the agricultural fluid onto the field at the target application rate based on the received first and second inputs. Furthermore, when the turn is being made, the computing system is configured to control an operation of the sprayer such that the ground speed of the sprayer is at or below the determined maximum ground speed.

Component coating
11524309 · 2022-12-13 · ·

An application system for coating components with a coating agent can include: (i) an application apparatus including a printing head which ejects the coating agent from a plurality of coating agent nozzles, wherein a nozzle valve which opens for a valve opening time when a coating agent droplet is to exit the respective nozzle is attached to each individual coating agent nozzle; (ii) a coating agent infeed line by way of which the coating agent nozzles of the printing head are collectively connected; (iii) a valve control for controlling the valve opening times and valve closing times of each individual valve; and (iv) a pump by means of which the coating agent to be applied is fed to the coating agent nozzles by way of the coating agent infeed line.

Component coating
11524309 · 2022-12-13 · ·

An application system for coating components with a coating agent can include: (i) an application apparatus including a printing head which ejects the coating agent from a plurality of coating agent nozzles, wherein a nozzle valve which opens for a valve opening time when a coating agent droplet is to exit the respective nozzle is attached to each individual coating agent nozzle; (ii) a coating agent infeed line by way of which the coating agent nozzles of the printing head are collectively connected; (iii) a valve control for controlling the valve opening times and valve closing times of each individual valve; and (iv) a pump by means of which the coating agent to be applied is fed to the coating agent nozzles by way of the coating agent infeed line.

METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE WITH A DROP-ON-DEMAND PRINTER

The invention relates to a 2K coating formulation that is printed without a mask using a valve jet printer.

METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE WITH A DROP-ON-DEMAND PRINTER

The invention relates to a 2K coating formulation that is printed without a mask using a valve jet printer.

COATING DEVICE, COATING FILM, AND COATING METHOD
20220379337 · 2022-12-01 ·

A coating device coats a coating region of a to-be-coated object having a convex curved surface. A coating device includes a head, an arm, and a controller. The head includes a nozzle surface. The arm holds the head. The controller controls movement of the head via the arm. A controller moves a head in a first direction along an end portion of a coating region in a posture in which a gap between a nozzle surface located on an end portion side of the coating region and a to-be-coated object is smaller than a gap between the nozzle surface located on a center side of the coating region and the to-be-coated object.

SPRAY DEVICE, SPRAY METHOD, AND MIST SPACE STAGING SYSTEM
20220379326 · 2022-12-01 ·

A spray device (A) according to the present disclosure includes: a two-fluid nozzle (11) which sprays a mist (91); a spray-device-side gas flow path (12) for supplying a gas to the two-fluid nozzle (11); a gas supply source (17) which supplies the gas to the spray-device-side gas flow path (12); a spray-device-side liquid flow path (13) for supplying a liquid to the two-fluid nozzle (11); a liquid supply source (18) which supplies the liquid to the spray-device-side liquid flow path (13); a pulse-driven liquid flow control valve (14) having a valve opening degree that is adjusted according to a pulse signal to control the flow rate of the liquid in the spray-device-side liquid flow path (13); and a controller (30) which adjusts, in multiple levels, the concentration of the mist (91) sprayed from the two-fluid nozzle 11 by adjusting the valve opening degree of the liquid flow control valve 14.

Fluid application for autonomous haul trucks

A method for applying fluid to a travel lane is disclosed. The method may include receiving information related to a travel lane including a first set of tire paths and a second set of tire paths to be traveled by one or more vehicles, generating spray pattern control information for a fluid application machine having multiple spray heads based on the first set of tire paths and the second set of tire paths to be traveled by the one or more vehicles, and selectively triggering the multiple spray heads of the fluid application machine to alternately apply fluid to the first set of tire paths and the second set of tire paths based on the spray pattern control information and based on a current position of the fluid application machine on the travel lane.

COATING METHOD AND COATING APPARATUS
20220371047 · 2022-11-24 ·

A coating method of supplying a treatment solution to a substrate and coating the substrate with the treatment solution by a spin coating method, includes mixing a solvent for the treatment solution lower in surface tension than the treatment solution into the treatment solution concurrently with a start of supply of the treatment solution or later than the start of the supply of the treatment solution, and then supplying the treatment solution to the substrate.