The disclosure relates to a method for programming a program-controlled coating installation with a coating robot and an application device for coating components, in particular for programming a painting installation with a painting robot for painting motor vehicle body components, with the following steps (S1-S3): a) Presetting or determining geometry data of the component to be coated (S1), b) presetting of robot path data of the robot path to be traversed (S2), and c) determination of suitable spray pattern data (S3) which represent a layer thickness profile and are determined by a simulation which takes into account the robot path data and the geometry data of the component to be coated.

Furthermore, the disclosure comprises an appropriately adapted coating installation.

A cavity cleaning and coating system for safely and efficiently cleaning and coating the interior of a cavity without requiring entry of any workers. The cavity cleaning and coating system generally includes a mount which is coupled with a movable arm of a vehicle. The mount includes an inner plate, which is coupled to the arm, and an outer plate. A shaft is coupled to the outer plate. The mount is adjustable independently of the arm of the vehicle, including outwardly, inwardly, and rotatably. A spray head is connected to the shaft. The spray head is rotatable and includes a dispenser for dispensing fluids. The vehicle is positioned near a cavity to be treated. The mount is adjusted for optimal positioning of the spray head. The spray head is lowered into the cavity to dispense a cleaning fluid and, after the cleaning fluid has dried, a coating fluid.

A device for applying viscous material to workpieces includes a rotary lance in a holder apparatus and rotatable about a longitudinally-extending rotation axis, the lance having at least one material outlet. A needle valve associated with each material outlet has a longitudinally-extending valve needle used to close each material outlet on a valve seat. Each valve needle has an associated cylinder with a plunger chamber in which a plunger is movable by pressure applied by a fluid, the valve needle being permanently connected to the plunger. A tappet is connected to each plunger, the tappet, at its upper end facing away from the at least one valve seat, being sealingly guided out of the associated plunger chamber. The rotary lance has a measuring element which can be acted upon by the tappet and moved longitudinally; and the holder apparatus has a sensor for determining the measuring element position.

The present disclosure provides a method for the surface modification of microstructured components having a polar surface, in particular for high-pressure applications. According to the method, a microstructured component is contacted, in particular treated, with a modification reagent, wherein the surface properties of the component are modified by chemical and/or physical interaction of the component surface and of the modification reagent.

An application device for a viscous adhesive comprising a base body having a first inlet for a viscous adhesive; and a nozzle body which is rotatable about an axis with respect to the base body and which surrounds a portion of the base body radially on the outside with respect to the axis, wherein, via the interaction of a first dynamic seal with a separating agent chamber, in which a separating agent is stored, the introduction of humidity into the adhesive before it exits the nozzle opening is effectively prevented.

Methods of deposition of a coating on a surface of a workpiece, working with at least one deposition device, or torch, of thermal spray type, controlled by an associated motor. It is contemplated to perform the deposition step by configuring the torch so as to create two concurrent movements, of which a first movement along a linear path on the surface area to be coated; a second oscillation movement according to an axis of rotation coaxial with said advancement direction; this allows increasing the spray pattern of the thermal spray torch at each stroke resulting in a reduction of the relative movement speed of the torch itself. Also provided are a thermal spray deposition torches and apparatuses for depositing a coating on a surface of a workpiece.

The disclosure concerns a coating robot for coating components, having a robot base, a rotatable robot member, a pivotable proximal robot arm with two arm parts which can be rotated relative to one another and are connected to one another by a bearing ring, a pivotable distal robot arm, a robot hand axis, a connecting flange at the free end of the robot hand axis for connecting an application device and with a line arrangement which is guided from the robot base to the connecting flange for the application device. The disclosure provides that the line arrangement is passed through the first bearing ring between the two arm parts of the proximal robot arm.

An inkjet-type vehicle painting machine capable of keeping temperature elevation of a nozzle head to a certain temperature or less. The painting robot comprises a power supply means for supplying power to drive a piezoelectric substrate of a nozzle head, and a robot arm for moving the nozzle head. The nozzle head is provided in an explosion-proof housing equipped with an explosion-proof construction. A heat dissipation means that dissipates heat generated from the nozzle head within the explosion-proof housing is attached to the nozzle head. A temperature measurement means for measuring the temperature of the heat dissipation means is attached to the heat dissipation means.

A dispenser tool (42) is provided with multiple cartridges for dispensing viscous material onto the surface (5′) of a wind turbine blade (5). The dispenser tool (42) is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5′) of the blade (5). The system is configured for bringing the nozzle of a selected cartridge into the vicinity of the surface (5′) and orienting the dispenser tool (42) relatively to the surface (5′) such that the nozzle (46) of the corresponding selected cartridge (44) is at the surface (5′) for providing viscous material onto the surface (5′) from the selected cartridge (44) while moving the nozzle (46) along the surface (5′).

A motion control system of spraying machine based on FPGA, includes a motion controller. The motion controller includes an information analysis module, a speed control module and an interpolation module. The information analysis module is used for decoding the motion information to obtain the action information of the lance in a three-dimensional direction, and the rotation information of the clamp and the lance. The speed control module is used for driving the lance to a target position through the first motors according to the action information, and changing the speed of the interpolation movement of the lance in the three-dimensional direction into a trapezoid acceleration and deceleration. The interpolation module includes a first interpolation unit, a second interpolation unit and a control unit. The motion control system has high processing accuracy, fast reaction speed and good real-time performance.