Patent ID: 6207337
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B05C,B05D,G03G

Abstract:
A material handling system for dip coating at least a first drum having a first predetermined length in a first coating cycle and a second drum of a second different predetermined length in a different coating cycle comprising:a carrier device for carrying at least one drum,a coating bath container for depositing a layer of coating material onto at least one drum,a mechanism for raising and lowering the coating bath container between at least a first position and a second position higher than the first position, anda transport device for vertically transporting the carrier device a first predetermined distance from a home position for the first drum and a second predetermined different distance from the home position for the second drum, the first predetermined distance from a home position for the first drum and the second predetermined different distance from the home position for the second drum being sufficient to at least partially insert the first drum and second drum, respectively, into the coating bath container while the coating bath container is stationary.