Patent ID: 11878317
Assignee: DüRR SYSTEMS AG
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. Coating device for coating components with a coating agent, comprising:
a) a multi-axis coating robot,
b) a first printhead with
b1) at least one nozzle for delivering a coating agent jet of the coating agent from the nozzle onto the surface of the component to be coated, and
b2) at least one printhead valve for controlling the release of the coating agent through the nozzle,
b3) wherein the first printhead is mounted on the coating robot and is guided by the coating robot over the surface of the component to be coated,

c) wherein the first printhead is replaceably mounted on the coating robot and is exchangeable for a second printhead in the event of a color change,
d) a deposit device for depositing the first printhead dismantled from the coating robot in the deposit device and for taking the second printhead located in the deposit device instead of the deposited first printhead for subsequent coating agent application with the taken second printhead,
d1) the deposit device is a wet deposit device in which the nozzles of the deposited printhead are kept moist in order to prevent the liquid coating agent from drying during deposition, and
d2) the deposit device includes a soaked pad or sponge to moisten the first printhead in the deposit device.