An application component for a rotary atomizer, having a base body which has an outflow surface for an application material that is to be atomized. In order to obtain a weight which is as low as possible while providing a highest possible strength, the base body is made in its interior at least in some regions of a material having cellular structures. Possible production methods of the component are, inter alia, an integral foam casting process, in particular an integral metal foam casting process, or a generative process.

The coating machine is provided with an air motor (3), a rotational shaft (4) that is rotatably supported by the air motor (3), a feed tube (5) that extends to a tip end of the rotational shaft (4) through the inside of the rotational shaft (4), a rotary atomizing head (6) that is mounted to the tip end of the rotational shaft (4), and a shaping air ring (7) that surrounds an outer periphery of the rotary atomizing head (6) and an axial tip end of which is arranged in back of a paint releasing edge (6D) of the rotary atomizing head (6). The shaping air ring (7) includes a great number of first shaping air spurting holes (9), and a great number of second shaping air spurting holes (10). An inner diameter dimension (d1) of the first shaping air spurting hole (9) is set to be larger than an inner diameter dimension (d2) of the second shaping air spurting hole (10). The number (N2) of the second shaping air spurting holes (10) is set to be smaller than the number (N1) of the first shaping air spurting holes (9).

The disclosure relates to a coating device, in particular a rotary atomizer, for coating components, in particular motor vehicle body components, with an electrostatic coating agent charging system, so that the coating device comprises a high-voltage area and an electrically grounded area. Furthermore, the coating device comprises a sensor in the high-voltage area, in particular as a rotational speed sensor for measuring the rotational speed of the rotary atomizer, and an optical waveguide for transmitting a measurement signal of the sensor from the high-voltage area to the electrically grounded area, wherein the optical waveguide enables a potential separation between the high-voltage area and the electrically grounded area. The disclosure provides that the sensor is a magnetic sensor.

A painting device is provided with: a bell-shaped cup for discharging paint; a housing for holding the cup so as to be freely rotatable; and first tip openings disposed on the outside in the radial direction on the base end side of the tip side outer peripheral edge of the cup and throwing paint onto a workpiece by spraying shaping air in the direction of the tip. When a tangent line that is tangent to the tip side outer peripheral edge of the cup from a first tip opening is drawn in a front view of the painting device, the first tip opening sprays shaping air at an inclination more to the inside in the radial direction of the cup than the tangent line.

The rotary atomizing coating device (1) is provided with a spray head (2) formed of a tube body having a circular truncated conical shape and constituted to spray, from an opening end on the large diameter side, a coating introduced from an opening end on the small diameter side thereof, and a coating supply machine (3) engaged with the spray head (2) for supplying the coating while rotating the spray head (2) around an axial line (O). The spray head (2) has a first coating diffusion part (28) having a curved surface with a convex shape towards the axial line (O) on the inner peripheral surface, and a second coating diffusion part (29) extending to an outer edge (26) of the opening end on the large diameter side having a curved surface with a concave shape towards the axial line (O) with grooves (4) on the outer edge (26).

A charge remaining in an electrostatic coater when power supply to the electrostatic coater is stopped is neutralized at an early stage. A rotary atomizing head 102 receives a high voltage of negative polarity from a cascade 104. An electrostatic coater 100 further includes a second high-voltage generator 110 that generates a high voltage of positive polarity. The second high-voltage generator 110 is composed of a Cockcroft-Walton circuit. The Cockcroft-Walton circuit is composed of diodes and capacitors. A high voltage of the electrostatic coater 100 is controlled by a controller 10. Immediately after running of the electrostatic coater 100 is stopped by stopping power supply to the cascade 104, power is supplied to the second high-voltage generator 110. The high voltage of positive polarity generated by the second high-voltage generator 110 is supplied to the rotary atomizing head 102 for a predetermined time period.

This rotary atomizing head used in a rotary atomizing head type painting device is provided with: an atomizing head main body formed in a bell shape or a cup shape; an attachment part which is connected to the atomizing head main body and attaches the atomizing head main body to a motor rotary shaft of the rotary atomizing head type painting device; and a resin mold in which an IC tag containing unique information about the rotary atomizing head stored therein is embedded, and which is attached to the attachment part, wherein the attachment part can have a prescribed structure, the resin mold is attached to the attachment part through a prescribed method, and the IC tag is embedded in the resin mold such that the surface of an embedded coil antenna adopts a prescribed state.

An electrostatic atomizer can include a paint supply path configured to supply paint to a paint discharge section; and a high voltage supply path configured to supply a high voltage to a discharge electrode, wherein the discharge electrode comprises a semi-conductive material, and wherein the high voltage supply path includes a high resistance near the discharge electrode, and is electrically segregated from the paint supply path.

A bowl for spraying a coating product, intended to be integrated into a rotary spraying apparatus for spraying a coating product. The spraying apparatus includes a turbine for rotating the bowl about an axis of rotation, and a body that defines the axis of rotation and includes shaping air ejection orifices arranged in a crown. The bowl includes a body which is centered in relation to an axis and which defines an inner radial surface for distributing the coating product to a spraying edge, as well as an outer radial surface. The outer radial surface of the bowl includes a deflector for at least partially directing a flow of cleaning product towards the crown of the body, the cleaning product flowing along the outer radial surface towards the spraying edge.

A coating device is equipped with a rotary head, a drive unit, and an electric power supply unit. The rotary head is configured to be supplied with a coating material. The rotary head includes a diffusion surface that is configured such that the coating material is diffused toward an outer edge portion of the diffusion surface by a centrifugal force, and a plurality of groove portions that are included in the outer edge portion. The rotary head is configured to discharge a threadlike coating material from the groove portions. Also, the coating device is configured such that a diameter of the threadlike coating material is set equal to or larger than 0.03 mm and equal to or smaller than 0.1 mm and that the threadlike coating material is electrostatically atomized.