Abstract: The paint apparatus includes a paint booth having an upper chamber in which a painting operation is performed and a lower chamber placed below the upper chamber; a receiving portion 2 that receives air discharged from the paint booth; a filter module 3 attachable to and detachable from the receiving portion 2 and including filter portions 31 and 32 that trap paint mist from air that passed through the receiving portion 2, a filter inlet portion 33 that receives an inflow of air from the receiving portion 2, and a filter outlet portion 34 that discharges air from which the paint mist was trapped by the filter portions 31 and 32; and rails 6 that guide the filter module 3 to an attached position at which the filter module 3 is attached to the receiving portion 2.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measuring instrument is provided for measuring a three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face. A polishing controller is provided for controlling a polishing robot alone or with a polishing tool, based on three-dimensional shape data of the polishing subject face obtained by the shape measurement by the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument. The polishing tool provides a polishing action on the respective part of the polishing subject face through controlling of the polishing robot alone or with the polishing tool by the polishing controller. By controlling a measuring robot and the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument by the polishing controller, the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument moves to a predetermined measuring position relative to the polishing subject face to measure the three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face.

Abstract: A painting facility 1 includes a painting chamber 3 in which a spray painting operation is effected on a painting object W, an air supplying chamber 2 configured to supply air into the painting chamber 3 via an air supplying section 4a, 4b provided in a ceiling portion 30 of the painting chamber 3, and an air discharging chamber 5 configured to suction air and uncoated paint mist present in the painting chamber 3 via a floor discharging section of the painting chamber 3, two air supplying sections 4a, 4b are disposed in left-right symmetry relative to a position of the painting object W in a width direction of the painting chamber 3 as the center therebetween. Air is released in a radial form from an outlet portion 40 of each one of the two air supplying sections 4a, 4b.

Abstract: In an automatic polishing system configured such that under control of a polishing robot and/or a polishing tool by a polishing controller, the polishing tool provides a polishing action on a polishing subject face, a color intensity measurement instrument is provided for measuring an intensity of a specified color in the polishing subject face. Based on the intensity of the specified color measured by this color intensity measurement instrument, the polishing controller controls the polishing robot and/or the polishing tool, so that an amount of polishing work by the polishing tool onto the polishing subject face is adjusted according to the intensity of the specified color.

Abstract: A painting method for painting a painting subject area whose edge shape is delimited by at least one demarcation line. The method includes a center portion painting step of painting a center portion of the painting subject area which is away from the demarcation line using an air atomizing nozzle disposed within 5 cm or less from a painting subject surface, and a frame portion painting step of painting a frame portion of the painting subject area which is adjacent the demarcation line using a jet nozzle.

Abstract: The amount of wash water to be consumed in an electrodeposition coating facility and the amount of used wash water to be discharged that requires post-treatment are reduced. To achieve this object, an electrodeposition coating facility that includes a degreasing process section A, a post-degreasing rinse section B, a chemical conversion process section C, a post-chemical-conversion rinse section D, an electrodeposition coating section E, and a post-electrodeposition rinse section F is provided with a filtration process apparatus 4 and a wash water recycling line 5. The filtration process apparatus 4 performs a filtration process on wash water W after being used to wash an object to be coated 1 in the post-electrodeposition rinse section F.

Abstract: The facility includes a first connection mechanism connecting a filter unit to a floor discharging section to establish communication between an opening portion of the floor discharging section and an upper face opening portion of the filter unit and a second connection mechanism connecting the filter unit to an exhausting chamber to establish communication between an opening portion of the exhausting chamber and a side face opening portion of the filter unit. The first connection mechanism includes a seal portion that comes into contact with an entire circumference of an outer face of an upper end portion of the filter unit, thus preventing leakage of exhaust gas. The seal portion includes an introducing portion for introducing the upper end portion of the filter unit to the seal portion from a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A paint drying device where leakage of air between a drying chamber and a driving section accommodating chamber is prevented reliably. In the paint drying device in which the drying chamber and the driving section accommodating chamber communicate with each other via a through hole through which a power transmission tool extends, there are provided an air feeding passage for feeding air present outside the drying chamber to the driving section accommodating chamber by an air feeding fan and an exhaust passage for discharging air in the driving section accommodating chamber to the outside of the drying chamber by an exhaust fan. An air amount adjustment device is provided for adjusting a ratio between an amount of air to be fed to the driving section accommodating chamber via the air feeding passage and an amount of air to be discharged from the driving section accommodating chamber via the exhaust passage.

Abstract: Provided is surface treatment system for a large object having high versatility. In a surface treatment system for a large object configured to cause a treatment machine for treating a surface of the object to be held by a leading end portion of a work arm of a work robot and to move the treatment machine relative to the surface of the object by a movement of the work robot thus treating the surface of the object by the treatment machine, there is provided a trackless type work machine mounting the work robot on a self-propelled cart. The work machine mounts a robot moving device for moving the work robot relative to the self-propelled cart at least in a height direction and mounts also a battery capable of supplying traveling power for the self-propelled cart.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic drawing system capable of drawing a figure having a smooth and clear contour, in which a control apparatus, based on figure data of a planned drawing figure, by operation of a cartesian coordinate robot, moves a paint discharging apparatus parallel to a contour line of the planned drawing figure to be drawn at a planned drawing location, and along with this movement, the control apparatus executes contour parallel drawing control that causes the paint discharging apparatus to continuously perform a paint discharging operation, thereby drawing a contour portion of the planned drawing figure.

Abstract: In an electrostatic atomization coating apparatus including a nozzle head including a plurality of coating material ejection ports; a coating material chamber that is provided inside the nozzle head and to which a coating material is supplied via a coating material supply path, each of the coating material ejection ports being in communication with the coating material chamber via an individual branch coating material path; and a voltage application device that provides a potential difference between the nozzle head and an object to be coated, the coating material ejected from each of the coating material ejection ports via the coating material supply path, the coating material chamber, and the branch coating material path being brought into a charged state through application of a voltage by the voltage application device, an open/close valve device that opens and closes all of the branch coating material paths, or opens and closes a specific subset of a plurality of branch coating material paths out of all

Abstract: A work facility that is capable of adjusting an air volume without a work defect and saving energy. The opening degree of an air volume adjusting damper corresponding to a filter booth for which the individual air volume measured by a corresponding individual flowmeter is the smallest among the respective individual air volumes for the filter booths is adjusted to a completely open state, whereas the opening degree of any other air volume adjusting damper is adjusted to such an opening degree that the individual air volume for the corresponding filter booth as measured by a corresponding individual flowmeter is equal to the smallest individual air volume, and a gas discharge fan is adjusted by a total air volume adjusting mechanism so that a total air volume measured by a total flowmeter is equal to a predetermined target total air volume.

Abstract: A dehumidification forward passage is provided for guiding air withdrawn from a treating chamber as dehumidification-subject air A? to an adsorption area of an adsorption/desorption type dehumidifying device. A dehumidification return passage is provided for guiding air A? past through the adsorption area to the treating chamber. A desorption heat pump is provided for heating desorbing air HA to be flown through a desorption area of adsorption/desorption type dehumidifying device, with utilizing, as a heat sink, dehumidified air A? which has flown through the adsorption area and sent to the dehumidification return passage. There is provided a sensible-heat heat exchanger configured to cool the dehumidification-subject air A? present in the dehumidification forward passage through a heat exchange reaction with dehumidified air A? present in the dehumidification return passage which has been cooled via absorption of its heat by the desorption heat pump.

Abstract: The amount of wash water to be consumed in an electrodeposition coating facility and the amount of used wash water to be discharged that requires post-treatment are reduced. To achieve this object, an electrodeposition coating facility that includes a degreasing process section A, a post-degreasing rinse section B, a chemical conversion process section C, a post-chemical-conversion rinse section D, an electrodeposition coating section E, and a post-electrodeposition rinse section F is provided with a filtration process apparatus 4 and a wash water recycling line 5. The filtration process apparatus 4 performs a filtration process on wash water W after being used to wash an object to be coated 1 in the post-electrodeposition rinse section F.

Abstract: Leaking of high-temperature gas inside a furnace to the outside of the furnace via a furnace body opening portion and entry of normal-temperature air outside the furnace into the furnace via the furnace body opening portion are effectively prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic polishing system that allows a polishing treatment of an article while circumventing a polishing averting portion of the article. A polisher is attached to a leading end portion of a movable arm of a work robot. A control device controls the work robot and the polisher, based on position information of a polishing target surface of an article, so that the polisher is moved along the polishing target surface by a movement of the work robot while providing a polishing action on the polishing target surface at the same time. An image of the article including an image of an area demarcation marker annexed to the article for demarcating the area of the polishing target surface is captured by a three-dimensional image capturing machine. The control device produces the position information of the polishing target surface by determining the position of the area demarcation marker based on image data of the image.

Abstract: In a coating pretreatment facility using microbubbles, an arrangement is made to make it possible to form the facility compact and to reduce the initial cost and the running cost of the facility. A preliminary cleansing water supplying passage 33 is provided for supplying cleansing waters W1, W2 used in cleansing of a coating subject article B in flushing sections 3, 4 following a degreasing section 2 as preliminary cleansing water W3 for use in preliminary cleansing of the coating subject article B in a preliminary cleansing section 1. A microbubble generator device 34 is provided for causing the preliminary cleansing water W3 used in the preliminary cleansing of the coating subject article B in the preliminary cleansing section 1 to contain microbubbles.

Abstract: A patch applicator arrangement for securing a patch over a hole in a vehicle part. The arrangement provides a robotic arm having at least one movable joint that allows the robotic arm to move about several axes. At the end of the robotic arm is a spindle that has several spring loaded patch applicators connected. The arrangement also includes a patch dispensing apparatus that the arrangements uses along with the robotic arm to place patches over holes in a vehicle part. The arrangement also provides a verification method to make sure the holes have been properly covered.

Abstract: In an electrodeposition system, the final quality of a coating is prevented from being degraded due to a coating material-containing aqueous solution flowing out of a steel plate mating portion during a drying process, while derivative problems such as an increase in the size of the system, an increase in the initial costs and the running costs, and a decrease in reliability are avoided. A washing zone that is subsequent to an electrodeposition zone in which an object to be coated is immersed in a coating material solution for electrodeposition so that a coating is formed on a surface of the object to be coated is provided with: a hot water washing tank in which the coated object is washed by being immersed in high-temperature washing water in the tank; and a spray washer that sprays a steel plate mating portion of the coated-object with high-temperature washing water, subsequent to washing in the hot water washing tank.

Abstract: A patch applicator arrangement for securing a patch over a hole in a vehicle part. The arrangement provides a robotic arm having at least one movable joint that allows the robotic arm to move about several axes. At the end of the robotic arm is a spindle that has several spring loaded patch applicators connected. The arrangement also includes a patch dispensing apparatus that the arrangements uses along with the robotic arm to place patches over holes in a vehicle part. The arrangement also provides a verification method to make sure the holes have been properly covered.