Patent ID: 8794174

Claim:
A coating installation, comprising: a transport path, along which a plurality of coating objects are transported in a transport direction through the coating installation, the transport path including one or more common portions and a plurality of branch portions that are parallel branches, the coating installation being configured such that the one or more common portions are used to transport all of the coating objects, and each of the branch portions is used to transport some, but less than all, of the coating objects, and a plurality of treatment stations, including a plurality of drying stations, in which the plurality of coating objects are treated, wherein each drying station is arranged in a branch portion such that no common portion includes a drying station, further wherein between two adjacent branches of the transport path, there is at least one robot which operates the treatment stations in the two adjacent branches, and further wherein the transport path is configured to permit bidirectional transport of the plurality of coating objects at least in the parallel branches.