EP3725421B1 - Installation d'application de produit de revêtement et procédé de nettoyage d'une telle installation - Google Patents

Installation d'application de produit de revêtement et procédé de nettoyage d'une telle installation Download PDF

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EP3725421B1
EP3725421B1 EP20169268.8A EP20169268A EP3725421B1 EP 3725421 B1 EP3725421 B1 EP 3725421B1 EP 20169268 A EP20169268 A EP 20169268A EP 3725421 B1 EP3725421 B1 EP 3725421B1
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  • the present invention relates to a coating product application installation comprising a set of nozzles each comprising an outlet channel opening downstream via a coating product ejection orifice.
  • the same applicator which generally includes several nozzles, is generally used to apply paints of different colors, which involves cleaning each nozzle when changing the coating product. that is, during a color change.
  • the invention more particularly intends to remedy by proposing a new coating product application installation which comprises printing nozzles and which can be easily cleaned.
  • the invention relates to a coating product application installation comprising a set of printing nozzles each comprising an outlet channel opening downstream via a coating product ejection orifice.
  • the installation further comprises several injectors provided for simultaneously cleaning several nozzles of a row of nozzles or all the nozzles of the set of nozzles, by injecting cleaning fluid into the outlet channels nozzles of the row or set of nozzles, through their ejection orifices.
  • simultaneous cleaning of the downstream part of several printing nozzles can be carried out in the opposite direction to the direction normal flow of coating material through each nozzle, defined as the direction of coating material flow during application.
  • This cleaning is particularly effective and not very time consuming, insofar as it can be simultaneous for a large number of nozzles of the set of printing nozzles, for example for all the nozzles of a row of nozzles in the case of a matrix arrangement of the nozzles.
  • the method of the invention comprises at least one additional step consisting of: b) directing a flow of cleaning fluid towards a front face of each printing nozzle, on which the ejection orifice of the printing nozzle is provided.
  • an additional step which consists of: c) injecting each printing nozzle with a cleaning fluid in a direction from a supply conduit, which is part of the printing nozzle assembly, towards the ejection orifice, passing through the output channel.
  • Installation I shown in figures 1 to 3 is provided for the application of paint on objects O moved by a conveyor 2 to which the objects O are suspended by hooks 4.
  • the objects O are generally planar panels. Alternatively, they may be motor vehicle body parts or complete motor vehicle bodies moved by a stop-and-go or continuous feed type conveyor.
  • the installation I comprises a set of nozzles 10 which is mounted at the end of the arm 22 of a multi-axis robot 20 placed in the vicinity of the conveyor 2.
  • the nozzle assembly 10 comprises eight nozzles 12 arranged in a row and each projecting from a front face 14 of the nozzle assembly, which front face faces an object to be painted O when the nozzles 12 are used to apply paint.
  • each nozzle 12 belongs to a printhead 13 which further comprises a control member 132, for example of the piezoelectric component type, and a rod 134.
  • Each nozzle 12 comprises a needle 122, driven by the control member 132 of the printhead 13 to which the nozzle belongs and connected to it by the rod 134.
  • the paint to be applied flows into a channel 16, made in a body 11 of the nozzle assembly 10, and flows in the direction of the arrows F2 at the figure 2 .
  • the nozzle assembly 10 is equipped with a supply valve 102, a purge valve 104 and a recirculation valve 106.
  • the purge valve 304 is provided to control the discharge of cleaning fluid to a collector not shown, after use during a cleaning sequence.
  • the valves 102, 104 and 106 are represented outside the body 11. In practice, they can be integrated into this body, which explains why they are not visible to the figure 1 .
  • a seat 125 is provided against which the needle 122 of the nozzle selectively bears, being controlled by the component 132.
  • An outlet channel 126 is made in each nozzle 12, downstream of its needle 122. This outlet channel 126 opens outwards, opposite the needle 122, through an ejection orifice 127 made in a front face 128 of the nozzle 12, more precisely in the front face 128 of its part 121.
  • nozzles 12 which are advantageously identical to each other, insofar as they comprise an outlet channel 126 and an ejection orifice 127.
  • the installation I also comprises a cleaning station 30 which is supplied with cleaning fluid by a pipe 40, connected to the station 30 by means of a connector 42 which constitutes the downstream end of the pipe 40.
  • the cleaning station 30 is located in the cabin where the paint application takes place, in an area reachable by the multi-axis robot 20.
  • the cleaning station 30 comprises a body 31 in which eight housings 32 are arranged in a row and configured to each receive, partially or totally, the part 121 of a nozzle 12.
  • a groove 322 is provided, in which is housed a seal 34 which is preferably of the O-ring type and made of elastomer.
  • Channels 36 are made in the body 31 and allow the cleaning fluid coming from the pipe 40 to be routed into each of the housings 32. More specifically, the set of channels 36 opens into each housing 32 via an injector 38, advantageously formed by a channel with a diameter d38 smaller than that of the channels 36. This makes it possible to distribute the flows of cleaning fluid to the various injectors 38 in an identical manner, by arranging pressure drops progressive on the flow paths of this fluid in the channels 36, which avoids preferential flow paths.
  • the cleaning station 30 is equipped with a supply valve 302 and a purge valve 304.
  • the purge valve 304 is provided to control the discharge of cleaning fluid to a manifold, not shown, after use during of a cleaning sequence.
  • the valves 302 and 304 are represented outside the body 31. In practice, they can be integrated into this body, which explains why they are not visible to the figure 1 .
  • the cleaning fluid passing through the pipe 40, the channels 36 and the injectors 38 can be a solvent-based or water-soluble cleaning liquid depending on the nature of the paint applied with the nozzles 12, or a gas, in particular air. , or a mixture of liquid and gas.
  • Each housing 32 opens onto the upper face 33 of the station 30 by a chamfer 324, which contributes to the guiding of the parts 121 during their simultaneous introduction into the housings 32, as emerges from the explanations which follow.
  • the set of nozzles 10 When applying paint to the objects O, the set of nozzles 10 is directed towards one of these objects and the nozzles 12 are supplied with coating product through the channels 16.
  • the supply valves 102 and recirculation 106 are open, while the purge valve 104 is closed.
  • Each needle 122 can be controlled individually by the associated component 132 of the printhead 13, to be selectively moved away from the corresponding seat 125. This makes it possible to supply or not supply the outlet channel 126 of each nozzle 12 with paint.
  • the paint flows in the direction of the arrows F3 at the figure 2 and emerges from the corresponding nozzle 12 via its ejection orifice 127, in the direction of the object O being coated.
  • the arrows F3 therefore represent the normal flow direction of the paint being applied to an object O.
  • the set of nozzles 10 is moved by the multi-axis robot 20, for the pre -position above the cleaning station 30, by arranging the front face 14 above, and parallel with, the upper face 33, as represented by the arrow F4 on the figure 1
  • the geometry of the parts 121, on the one hand, and of the orifices 32, on the other hand, is such that, at the end of the movement according to the arrow F5, the ejection orifice 127 of each nozzle 12 is aligned on an injector 38 from station 30.
  • the nozzles 12 engaged in the housings 32 are thus cleaned simultaneously.
  • the cleaning fluid that enters each outlet duct 126 can rise to the needle 122 and to the seat 125 of the nozzle which it also cleans.
  • This reverse flow in the nozzles 12 is possible because the purge valve 104 is open, while the supply 102 and recirculation 106 valves are closed.
  • each ejection orifice 127 and each front surface 128 are individually isolated from the outside by a gasket 34.
  • the injectors 38 constitute both members for cleaning the internal part of the nozzles 12, formed by the needles 122, the seats 125 and the channels 126, and members for cleaning the end faces 128 of the nozzles.
  • the O-ring 34 is disposed in a groove 32 formed not at the junction between the bottom and the side of the housing 32, but in the bottom 326 of this housing, so that the seal 34 fluidically isolates a smaller part of the front face 128 of the nozzle 12 whose part 121 is arranged in the housing 32.
  • the set of nozzles 10 comprises three rows of eight nozzles 12, the end faces 128 of which are flush with the front face 14 of the set of nozzles 10.
  • the ejection orifices 127 of the various nozzles 12 are thus distributed over the face before 14.
  • Each nozzle 12 belongs to a printhead, not shown, which is of the printhead 13 type of the first embodiment.
  • the cleaning station 30 is also fed by a pipe 40 and its downstream connection 42 and comprises twenty-four injectors 38 divided into three rows of eight injectors.
  • the various injectors 38 open directly into the upper face 33 of the body 31 of the station 30.
  • no housing is provided comparable to the housings 32 of the first and second embodiments. .
  • each injector 38 which is located in the surface 33, is surrounded by a groove 332 formed in the upper face 33 of the body 31 and in which is placed an O-ring 34.
  • the depth of the groove 332 and the torus diameter of seal 34 are chosen such that, when it is in place in groove 332, O-ring 34 protrudes from groove 382 over a height h34 of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm.
  • each ejection port 127 and each front surface 128 are individually isolated from the outside by a gasket 34.
  • supply, purge and recirculation valves are provided, as in the first embodiment.
  • the diameter d38 of the injectors 38 is adapted to the diameter d126 of the outlet channels 126 and to the diameter d127 of the ejection orifices 127.
  • the diameters d126 and d127 can be equal.
  • these diameters are between 50 ⁇ m and 300 ⁇ m, preferably between 100 ⁇ m and 200 ⁇ m, more preferably around 150 ⁇ m.
  • the diameter d38 of the injectors 38 can be between 0.5 mm and 2 mm, preferably of the order of 1 mm.
  • the d126/d38 ratio and/or the d127/d38 ratio is between 0.03 and 0.5, preferably between 0.05 and 0.2.
  • the invention is described above in the case where the product applied using nozzles 12 is paint.
  • Other coating products can be applied with an installation in accordance with the invention, in particular a primer or a varnish.
  • the invention is described above in the case where the set of nozzles 10 docks the cleaning station 30 from above.
  • this docking can take place via one side of the cleaning station, in which case the housings 32 or the outlets 382 of the injectors 38 are formed not in the upper face 33 of the body 31 but in a side face of this body.
  • the cleaning station 30 can be manufactured by three-dimensional printing, which makes it possible to adapt the distribution and routing of the channels 36 and the injectors 38 inside the body of this cleaning station, without having recourse to a mold with drawers or to complex machining ranges. However, it remains possible to manufacture the cleaning station by molding and/or machining.
  • the number of rows of printing nozzles 12 can be chosen, greater than or equal to one, depending on the size of the surface to be coated with each object O, the number of rows of injectors 38 being adapted accordingly.
  • the addition of the purge valves 104 and 304 makes it possible to collect the cleaning fluid after use of the latter to clean one or more nozzles 12, without risk of polluting the coating product or the fluid. cleaner not yet used.
  • the invention is shown in the figures in the case where all the nozzles 12 of the set 10 of nozzles are cleaned simultaneously. However, this is not mandatory.
  • the nozzles can be cleaned in groups, for example row by row in the case of an assembly 10 with several rows of nozzles.
  • the distribution of the injectors 38 of the cleaning station 30 is adapted, as well as the distribution of the seals 34 and that of the channels 36.

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