Abstract: A dip treatment system for treating articles, in particular for treating vehicle bodies, includes a dip treatment tank, which can be filled with a treatment liquid, into which articles to be treated can be fully or partially dipped. A conveying system defines a conveying path and includes at least one transport carriage, which can be displaced along the conveying path in a transport direction and includes a fastening device, to which at least one article can be fastened. The conveying system can convey the articles to be treated towards the dip treatment tank, fully or partially into the interior of the dip treatment tank, out of the dip treatment tank and away therefrom. The conveying path of the conveying system is divided into sub-paths, of which at least one first sub-path leads to the dip treatment tank or to an immersion region of the dip treatment tank and of which a second sub-path passes by said dip treatment tank or immersion region of said dip treatment tank.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for drying vehicle bodies, having a housing, a temperature-controlling tunnel accommodated in the housing, and a temperature-controlling system for controlling the temperature of workpieces. The temperature-controlling system includes a full-space temperature-controlling device which can control the temperature of a workpiece as a whole, and a local temperature-controlling device which can control the temperature of locally delimited regions of the workpiece and which comprises multiple temperature-controlling units that can be activated and actuated independently of one another for this purpose.

Abstract: A conveying system for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers having a plurality of vehicles, which each have a workpiece receptacle, an assembly platform for workers to move around on, and a separate drive, with which each vehicle can be driven independently of other vehicles of the conveying system. Furthermore, the conveying system includes a plurality of workstations, which are set up for carrying out different work steps. A control device is configured to control the vehicles such that they can pass individually through a different succession of workstations depending on the transported workpiece.

Abstract: A free-moving transport carriage for conveying at least one workpiece, having, in addition to a control unit, a near-field sensor arrangement which can be coupled to a track control unit, wherein the track control unit is able to determine, by means of position raw information which can be determined by the near-field sensor arrangement, a relative position of one or more points of the free-moving transport carriage with regard to one or more position information sources of a near-field travelling environment. The main orientation of the transport carriage and the variable conveying direction can be coordinated to one another by the track control unit. A conveying system for conveying at least one workpiece with at least one such free-moving transport carriage, a treatment system, a treatment system having such a conveying system and a method carried out by a track control unit.

Abstract: A free-moving transport cart for conveying workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, on a conveying path, having a chassis which defines a main axis- and main orientation of the transport cart and having a chassis frame which supports a plurality, in particular at least four, wheel arrangements each having one or more wheels. A fastening device for at least one workpiece is coupled to the chassis by a connecting device. There is a wheel guide system for the wheels of the wheel arrangements which defines a basic chassis configuration in which the wheel arrangements define a horizontal travel plane. The wheel guide system guides the wheels of the wheel arrangements in such a way that at least one wheel of at least one wheel arrangement can be moved out of the travel plane without the other wheel arrangements completely leaving the travel plane. A conveying system has a large number of such transport carts and a treatment plant has such a conveying system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-treatment facility (10) for surface-treating vehicle bodies (12), said facility comprising at least two floor-bound transport carriages (20), each of which comprises a fastening device (18), to which vehicle bodies (12) can be fastened. Each transport carriage (20) can be shifted by means of its own drive that can be carried therewith. The surface-treatment facility (10) also comprises a substantially gas-tight treatment chamber (14) that is delimited by a housing (15). The vehicle bodies (12) can be moved, at least temporarily, in the treatment chamber (12) by means of a relevant transport carriage (20). The surface-treatment facility (10) further comprises a travel region (22), arranged outside the housing (15), in which the transport carriages (20) can be moved, at least temporarily.

Abstract: A dip treatment system for treating articles, in particular for treating vehicle bodies, includes a dip treatment tank, which can be filled with a treatment liquid, into which articles to be treated can be fully or partially dipped. A conveying system defines a conveying path and includes at least one transport carriage, which can be displaced along the conveying path in a transport direction and includes a fastening device to which at least one article can be fastened. The conveying system can convey the articles to be treated towards the dip treatment tank, fully or partially into the interior of the dip treatment tank, out of the dip treatment tank and away therefrom. The conveying path of the conveying system is divided into sub-paths, of which at least one first sub-path leads to the dip treatment tank or to an immersion region of the dip treatment tank and of which a second sub-path passes by said dip treatment tank or immersion region of said dip treatment tank.

Abstract: A conveyor system has a conveyor section, at least one first moving trolley which carries along a dedicated drive and is movable with the latter along the conveyor section and which has a first trolley parameter, and a controller which, taking into consideration the first trolley parameter triggers various actions with the aid of waypoints along the conveyor section. For more flexible use of the conveyor system, at least one second moving trolley having a second trolley parameter differing from the first trolley parameter is provided, and the controller is designed to place at least one waypoint along the conveyor section, at which waypoint a certain action is triggered, for the second moving trolley at a different position along the conveyor section than for the first moving trolley.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying laden or unladen load carriers, having a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, wherein each conveying unit can be displaced on ground-level rollers and the first and the second conveying units can be moved relative to one another and independently of one another. A device is provided for determining the position and the location of the first conveying unit relative to the second conveying unit, the device having a camera, which is arranged on the first conveying unit, and having a feature arranged on the second conveying unit, or a combination of features arranged on the second conveying unit, wherein the feature or the combination of features has an extent in the direction of travel and an extent perpendicular to the direction of travel, wherein the extents can be sensed by the camera. A conveying unit for a conveying apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A conveying system for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers having a plurality of vehicles, which each have a workpiece receptacle, an assembly platform for workers to move around on, and a separate drive, with which each vehicle can be driven independently of other vehicles of the conveying system. Furthermore, the conveying system includes a plurality of workstations, which are set up for carrying out different work steps. A control device is configured to control the vehicles such that they can pass individually through a different succession of workstations depending on the transported workpiece.

Abstract: An application system for viscous or pasty media having a conveyor unit which suctions application material from a storage container and feeds the application material under high pressure to an application unit. The conveyor unit and modification circuits inserted in the lines through which application material flows are each provided with local controllable closed-loop control units that receive only set values for a mode of operation from a central open-loop control unit.

Abstract: A device for masking securing boreholes in rims with masking elements having a storage container for the masking elements, a pressure generation unit, a connection unit connected to the storage container and an at least substantially tubular discharge device, which is secured at one end to the connection unit and which has a discharge opening at the opposite end for discharging the masking elements. The discharge device has a tube wall in which a channel for conducting a fluid is formed, the channel being connected to the pressure generation unit. The tube wall consists at least partially of an elastic material, through which the channel runs or in which a cavity connected to the channel is formed, such that, when the pressure of the fluid is changed, the tube wall deforms and releases the clamping on the masking elements. The connection unit and the discharge device are formed preferably as one piece in a 3D printing method.

Abstract: An application component for a rotary atomizer, having a base body which has an outflow surface for an application material that is to be atomized. In order to obtain a weight which is as low as possible while providing a highest possible strength, the base body is made in its interior at least in some regions of a material having cellular structures. Possible production methods of the component are, inter alia, an integral foam casting process, in particular an integral metal foam casting process, or a generative process.

Abstract: A rotary atomizer for atomizing a coating material for the coating of workpieces having a housing, a turbine wheel which is arranged in the housing and can be driven in two directions of rotation, a bell cup can be set in rotation by the turbine wheel about an axis of rotation and also a device for determining a rotational speed, wherein the device comprises an optical waveguide and a disc, which is indirectly or directly connected to the bell cup or the turbine wheel for rotation therewith and has an optically detectable structure, wherein the optical waveguide is designed for recording the optically detectable structure and for passing on the recorded structure as an optical signal in the housing. The optical waveguide has a first information channel and a second information channel, which are respectively designed for passing on an optical signal independently of one another.

Abstract: A treatment installation for treating workpieces, in particular for coating and/or drying of vehicle bodies, having a treatment device with a housing, in which a treatment tunnel is accommodated. A conveyor system having a plurality of trolleys which can convey the workpieces through the treatment tunnel, wherein each of the trolleys has a chassis and a securing device for at least one workpiece which are coupled together by a coupling device. Outside the treatment tunnel a guidance zone with a driving area for the chassis is present. In the guidance zone a gas compartment is configured, arranged between the driving area and the treatment tunnel and delimited by a separate housing. A gas supply device is present which can supply the gas compartment with a gas, such that in the gas compartment a gas barrier is created between the treatment tunnel and the driving area.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular for drying vehicle bodies, having a housing, a temperature-controlling tunnel accommodated in the housing, and a temperature-controlling system for controlling the temperature of workpieces. The temperature-controlling system includes a full-space temperature-controlling device which can control the temperature of a workpiece as a whole, and a local temperature-controlling device which can control the temperature of locally delimited regions of the workpiece and which comprises multiple temperature-controlling units that can be activated and actuated independently of one another for this purpose.

Abstract: A nozzle head for a rotary atomizer for applying a coating material to an object includes a rotary bell, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and has a breakaway edge and a discharge surface to which the coating material can be supplied in such a way that the coating material is spun off from the breakaway edge of the rotary bell. Coating material can be supplied to the discharge surface via a flow path. The flow path is divided in a delivery region into sub-paths, each having a delivery opening which is arranged eccentrically to the axis of rotation of the rotary bell and from which the coating material, which arrives from there at the discharge surface, can be delivered. A rotary atomizer having a nozzle head of this type is also described.

Abstract: A changing device for coating media having a plurality of supply units. The device includes an electric valve device with each supply unit having an electric valve unit which opens and closes a flow channel through which a medium may be supplied in response to a control signal. The valve device includes a control system which has a switching device for each supply unit, each switching device selectively allowing or blocking a control signal from reaching a respective valve unit. The valve device also includes a triggering device which is carried by at least one coupling unit which couples the plurality of supply units to an application device. The triggering device triggers the switching device to allow the control signal through to a supply unit when the coupling unit is connected to the supply unit in a fluid-tight manner.

Abstract: A method for providing filter modules for a surface treatment system, wherein input data is captured by a data processing device, wherein at least application data of the surface treatment system is used as input data, and wherein one or more pieces of output data relating to the provision of at least one filter module for the surface treatment system is determined using the input data. A computer program product having program code for carrying out the method when the computer program product is stored on a computer-readable data storage device or runs on a data processing device, and to an apparatus for process management having a data processing device, which is designed to carry out the method. Linking of the process of providing filter modules and the process of surface treatment of objects is enabled, whereby efficiency and quality can be improved in both processes.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying laden or unladen load carriers, having a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, wherein each conveying unit can be displaced on ground-level rollers and the first and the second conveying units can be moved relative to one another and independently of one another. A device is provided for determining the position and the location of the first conveying unit relative to the second conveying unit, the device having a camera, which is arranged on the first conveying unit, and having a feature arranged on the second conveying unit, or a combination of features arranged on the second conveying unit, wherein the feature or the combination of features has an extent in the direction of travel and an extent perpendicular to the direction of travel, wherein the extents can be sensed by the camera. A conveying unit for a conveying apparatus is also provided.