A method of processing leather, which may be a tanned or synthetic animal leather or a leather of animal origin, includes the steps of providing a leather to be processed and irradiating the leather to be processed with UV rays. A station for processing the leather includes a receiving point for the leather to be processed, a delivery point for the processed leather, a working area for housing the leather to be processed that is interposed between the receiving and delivery points, and a source of UV rays arranged at the working area.

A spray booth for spraying pieces to be painted with a painting product includes a system that conveys the pieces to be painted inside the booth, a supplying circuit that supplies a painting product or solvent to painting tools, a plenum, a mobile wall providing access to the inside of the spray booth, optionally a reading system for the pieces to be painted, optionally a filtering system, a plurality of spraying tools that include one or more a spray guns each placed on an independent arm moving on a plane and optionally in a vertical direction, one or more cleaning stations, placed in correspondence of the mobile wall and provided with a drawer that is mobile between rest and a cleaning positions and that includes a painting product or solvent draining tube having a mouth, a slot for supplying compressed air, and a brush for brushing the spray guns.

A station for treating objects may include: a booth including at least one entrance for an object and at least one exit for the object; a system configured to move the object between the at least one entrance and the at least one exit; at least one robot configured to treat the object in the booth; and/or a platform configured to support the object. The platform may be configured to rotate about a vertical axis so as to rotate the object inside the booth relative to the at least one robot. The at least one entrance may not be aligned with the at least one exit. The system may be configured to rotate with the platform so as to align with the at least one entrance in order to receive the object, and so as to align with the at least one exit in order to release the object.

Apparatus for painting mainly flat products including a spray booth, in its turn including a plenum, a conveying belt for conveying products at least a device for applying paint, and at least one suction plant, wherein the plenum of the spray booth has a symmetric M-shape including, from the respective peripheries to the centre of the plenum: two first descending surface portions tilted towards the periphery; two second lateral surface portions parallel to the belt; two third descending surface portions, with a tilt towards the centre, opposite the tilt of the first portions; a fourth central surface portion parallel to said belt, the fourth central surface portion being closer to the conveying belt than the lateral parallel sections.

A device for staining or painting planks has an enclosure and a plank receiver for guiding a plank into the enclosure. At least one pair of vertical rollers are provided for engaging the plank received in the plank receiver. A lever may be positioned to contact the plank upon exit from the plank receiver. A linkage bar is affixed to the lever and to vertical rollers. Moving the lever by insertion of the plank moves the vertical rollers in preparation for receiving a leading edge of the plank. The vertical rollers are mounted on swing arms for facilitating adjustment of a space between the left vertical rollers and the right vertical rollers for accommodating planks of various thicknesses. Vertical sprayers are pivotally mounted and in communication with the swing arms for pivoting with the vertical rollers for maintaining a constant distance between the vertical rollers and the left vertical sprayer.

A painting system includes painting unit including a first painting robot and a second painting robot, a cartridge carrier, and a cleaning tank. The painting robots each include a robot arm including a painting machine. The cartridge carrier includes a cartridge grip part. A first region is a region where a movable region of the painting machine of the first painting robot overlaps with a movable region of the cartridge grip part. A second region is a region where the movable region of the painting machine of the second painting robot overlaps with the movable region of the cartridge grip part. The cleaning tank is provided in a position including at least a part of the first region and at least a part of the second region.

A coating system includes a coating robot and an operation robot. The coating robot has a height and is mounted in a coating booth to coat a workpiece while the workpiece is conveyed in the coating booth in a conveyance direction substantially perpendicular to a height direction. The workpiece including a body and a movable part movable with respect to the body. The operation robot is disposed in the coating booth below the coating robot in the height direction. The operation robot is movable in the coating booth in the conveyance direction and is configured to move the movable part of the workpiece.

A method of treating a perishable item with a coating is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying operational parameters associated with a drying tunnel, identifying a desired coating requirement, determining optimal drying tunnel parameters based on the operational parameters and the desired coating requirements, and operating the drying tunnel based on the optimal drying tunnel parameters.

A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.

A painting system includes painting unit including a first painting robot and a second painting robot, a cartridge carrier, and a cleaning tank. The painting robots each include a robot arm including a painting machine. The cartridge carrier includes a cartridge grip part. A first region is a region where a movable region of the painting machine of the first painting robot overlaps with a movable region of the cartridge grip part. A second region is a region where the movable region of the painting machine of the second painting robot overlaps with the movable region of the cartridge grip part. The cleaning tank is provided in a position including at least a part of the first region and at least a part of the second region.