In order to provide a treatment system (100) for treating workpieces (102) that is of a simple and compact construction and enables an efficient treatment of workpieces, it is proposed that the treatment system (100) comprises the following: a treatment space (110) which serves to receive one or a plurality of workpieces (102) and in which a treatment procedure is able to be carried out; and one or a plurality of recirculating air units (118) by means of which a recirculating airflow guided through the treatment space (110) is able to be generated, wherein the one or the plurality of recirculating air units (118) comprises/comprise in each case one or a plurality of electric heating devices (122).

An automated painting system that includes a robotic arm and a painting end effector coupled at a distal end of the robotic arm, with the painting end effector configured to apply paint to a target surface. The painting system can also include a computing device executing a computational planner that: generates instructions for driving the painting end effector and robotic arm to perform at least one painting task that includes applying paint, via the painting the end effector, to a plurality of drywall pieces, the generating based at least in part on obtained target surface data; and drives the end effector and robotic arm to perform the at least one painting task.

An eco-friendly aqueous acrylic emulsion OPP tape and a method for manufacturing the same and, more particularly, to a method for manufacturing an OPP tape using an aqueous acrylic emulsion adhesive that adopts an optimized drying process to significantly enhance the production efficiency, and an OPP tape using an aqueous acrylic emulsion adhesive that is produced by the manufacturing method and has non-toxicity, durability secured by stability, and excellent adhesiveness and retention.

An enhanced wood product includes a urea coating to increase the strength of the wood product and various products made with coated wood.

The present invention relates to a treatment plant (100) for treating workpieces (102), in particular for drying vehicle bodies, which comprises a treatment space (107) for receiving and treating one or more workpieces (102), wherein the treatment space (107) comprises a plurality of treatment space portions (108) which are each assigned to a separate recirculated air unit (118) by means of which a recirculated air flow guided through the respective treatment space portion (108) in a flow direction can be generated, wherein the treatment space (107) has a conveying direction (114) through the treatment space portions (108) and a transverse direction (115) of the treatment space (107) running perpendicular to the conveying direction (114), and wherein each recirculated air unit (118) comprises the following: a fan (120) for driving the recirculated air flow in the respective recirculated air unit (118); one or more temperature-control apparatuses (122) for heating or cooling the recirculated air flow; one or more supply apparatuses (126) and/or supply modules (127) for supplying the recirculated air flow to the treatment space portion (108); one or more supply ducts (142) for supplying the recirculated air flow to the one or more supply apparatuses (126) and/or supply modules (127); one or more return ducts (128) for returning the recirculated air flow from the treatment space portion (108) to the fan (120); and one or more electrical auxiliary temperature-control apparatuses (152) for reheating or recooling the recirculated air flow in the supply ducts (142) and/or return ducts (128).

The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a metal plate coating material with which it is possible to form a coating film that has extremely high storage stability, that does not exhibit yellowing, and that is not prone to staining with rain streaks; and a method for producing a coated metal plate using the metal plate coating material. The metal plate coating material for solving the problem contains: at least one of a mixture of a fluorine-containing resin and a (meth)acrylic resin and a copolymer of a fluorine-containing monomer and a (meth)acrylic group-containing monomer; a silicone resin; and a zinc carboxylate salt catalyst.

An automated painting system that includes a robotic arm and a painting end effector coupled at a distal end of the robotic arm, with the painting end effector configured to apply paint to a target surface. The painting system can also include a computing device executing a computational planner that: generates instructions for driving the painting end effector and robotic arm to perform at least one painting task that includes applying paint, via the painting the end effector, to a plurality of drywall pieces, the generating based at least in part on obtained target surface data; and drives the end effector and robotic arm to perform the at least one painting task.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a coating from an aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition, wherein the process comprises the steps in the sequence (1) to (4): (1) applying an aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition on a surface of a substrate, (2) drying the aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition, affording an at least partially dried coating composition, (3) irradiating the at least partially dried coating composition with UV light having a wavelength s 220 nm under inert atmosphere, followed by (4) irradiating with UV light having a wavelength 300 nm or with E-beam, wherein the aqueous, radiation-curable coating composition is a dispersion comprising: (A) at least one water-dispersible polyurethane (A), wherein the polyurethane (A) has a urea group (NHCONH) concentration of at least 0.1 milli-equivalents per g of polyurethane (A) and of at most 2.6 milli-equivalents per g of polyurethane (A) and the polyurethane (A) is essentially free of radiation-curable, ethylenically unsaturated bonds, (B) at least one radiation-curable diluent (B) with a molar mass less than 750 g/mol and with an acrylate functionality of from 2 to 5, and (C) water and optionally organic solvent, whereby the optional organic solvent is present in an amount of at most 30 wt. %, based on the total amount of water and organic solvent, wherein the amount of (A) is from 30 to 85 wt. % and the amount of (B) is from 15 to 70 wt. %, based on the total amount of (A) and (B).

A masking member includes: a masking main body that is formed of an elastic material and that closes an opening portion of a hollow member by being inserted into the opening portion; and a passage portion that is formed at the masking main body, that opens on an outer peripheral surface of the masking main body, and that connects an outside and an inside of the hollow member by at least a part of an opening at the outer peripheral surface being exposed to the outside of the hollow member in a case in which the masking main body, in a state of closing the opening portion, moves in a direction opposite from an insertion direction.

An enhanced wood product includes a wooden board or plank having a length and at least three sides, the sides defining a polygonal cross section along the length of the wooden board or plank. A polyurethane-urea coating on at least two of the sides very substantially increases the strength of the wood product and various products made with coated wood.