Patent ID: 7143464
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: B05B,B08B,B25J

Abstract:
1. Device for sucking off specified surface areas on powder-coated vehicle wheels, characterized in that it includes: a) a conveyor system, which carries the vehicle wheels along a movement path through the device; b) an electronic camera, using which an axial and an angular position of the vehicle wheels can be recorded in a recording station; c) a suction station with a movable suction head, which includes multiple suction nozzles; d) a movement device, which is capable of guiding the suction head in various axial orientations and angular positions around an axis of the movement device and onto the powder-coated surface of a vehicle wheel in the suction station, and of moving it a certain distance in this position at the speed of the vehicle wheel; e) a vacuum source, which is connected to the suction nozzles; f) a controller, which passes on the data which is recorded in the recording station for the axial and angular position of a particular vehicle wheel to the movement device of the suction head, with a time delay corresponding to the pass time of the vehicle wheel between the recording station and the suction station, wherein the controller causes the movement device to guide the suction head onto the vehicle wheel with appropriate alignment of its axis and angular position, and to move with the wheel over a certain distance.