Patent ID: 8544409

Claim:
A coating zone, comprising: part of a paint booth; a conveyor for transporting an application object through the coating zone in a conveying direction, at least one guide rail extending through the coating zone adjacent the conveyor, the at least one guide rail arranged above the conveyor at a height being at least at the level of the top of the object, at least one robot configured to move along the conveyor on the guide rail, the robot being capable of being configured to perform a coating operation and having a first axis for joint rotation of at least one moving member of the robot in relation to a main body guided along the guide rail, and a load-bearing structure supporting the at least one guide rail, the load-bearing structure including at least one load-bearing pillar extending substantially vertically downwards from the level of the guide rail, wherein the guide rail and the main body of the robot are arranged in such a way that the first axis of the robot is inclined relative to a vertical plane parallel to the conveying direction.