Patent ID: 8359726

Claim:
Method for setting up a painting system at a specified setup location, wherein the painting system is provided for painting components by use of a painting process which includes at least one process step, wherein the painting system comprises at least one module group, which is provided for the process step and which further comprises a specified number of modules which are functional for their particular purpose and which are specific to the module group, and which contribute to performing the process step, and wherein each module has components which are specific to the module, whereby in a first step at least one module of the module group is completed at a respective finishing location that is spatially distinct from the setup location, and after final assembly of a particular module, all distinct components of this module are combined into the module and the module is functional for its particular purpose, in a second step each module of the module group is transported to the setup location, and in a third step, the painting system is set up by providing the module group at the setup location by connecting all modules of the module group.