Abstract: Apparatus (1) for coating a workpiece (2) which preferably consists at least in sections of wood, wood-based material, synthetic material or the like, comprising a pressing device (10) for pressing a coating material (4) onto a surface (2?) of the workpiece (2) to be coated, a conveying device (20) for inducing a relative movement between the workpiece (2) and the pressing device (10), an activation device (30) for activating a joining agent (4?) used for joining the coating material (4) to the surface (2?) of the workpiece (2) to be coated, and a sensor (40) for detecting an operating variable of the joining agent (4), characterized in that the apparatus comprises a shielding device (50) for shielding a sensor section (42) of the sensor (40).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a coating material (10) for coating a surface, particularly a narrow side of a plate-shaped workpiece (W), which preferably consists, at least in part, of wood, wood materials, wood substitute materials, plastic or the like, said method comprising the following steps: supplying a coating material (10), wherein the coating material (10) has a recess (10a) extending in a longitudinal direction of the coating material (10), and; applying the coating material (10) to at least one surface (W1) of a workpiece (W) to be coated, wherein the workpiece (W) has, on the at least one surface (W1) to be coated, a profile (P), which is complementary at least in part to the recess (10a).