Patent ID: 8065122
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a bake oven for curing paint on an article conveyed through the oven on a conveyor to achieve cure criteria for predetermined areas on the article, comprising the following steps: creating a three dimensional computer simulated model of the article; creating a three dimensional computer simulated model of a bake oven; creating a computational computer simulated model of the article divided into discreet three-dimensional elements based upon the three dimensional computer simulated model of the article; creating a computational computer simulated model of the bake oven divided into discreet three-dimensional elements based upon the three dimensional model of the bake oven; using a computer to set each discreet element of the article and the bake oven to initial conditions; using a computer to simulate the actual conditions of each discreet element of the article and bake oven at an initial time; using a computer to repeat the previous step a plurality of times to simulate the temperature of each discreet element of the article in time increments as the simulated article moves inside the oven; comparing the cure criteria for predetermined discreet elements of the article with the calculated temperature in time increments; modifying the computational model of the bake oven to achieve the cure criteria for predetermined areas of the article; and designing a bake oven based upon the computer simulations.