Coat drying device and coat drying method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9879911-B2
Application number	US-201415523687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

A coat drying device dries a coated film that is coated on a continuously transported coating object having first and second parts, where the second part has a greater heat capacity than the first part. The coat drying device includes a drying furnace, a hot air supply device and a control unit. The coating object is conveyed inside of the drying furnace main body. The hot air supply device heats the coating object by blowing hot air to the drying furnace. The control unit controls the hot air supply device based on a heat capacity of the coating object. The control unit controls the hot air supply device such that, when heating the second part, hot air with a greater amount of heat is supplied to the second part than an amount of heat in the hot air that is supplied to heat the first part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coat drying device for drying coated film coated onto a continuously transported coating object, the coating object comprising a first part and a second part having a greater heat capacity than a heat capacity of the first part, and at least the first part and the second part being conveyed by the same coating platform, and the coat drying device comprising:
a drying furnace inside of which the coating object is conveyed;
a hot air supply device that heats the coating object by supplying hot air into the drying furnace and blowing out the hot air from a hot air outlet to the inside of the drying furnace; and
a heating control unit that controls the hot air supply device according to a heat capacity of the coating object,
the hot air supply device comprising a hot air deflector that is provided in a vicinity of the hot air outlet and deflects a flow direction of the hot air that is blown out from the hot air outlet, and
the heating control unit controls the hot air supply device such that, when heating the second part of the coating object that is conveyed, the flow direction of the hot air that is blown out from the hot air outlet is deflected from the first part to the second part to supply the hot air with a greater amount of heat than an amount of heat of the hot air that is supplied to heat the first part.

2. The coat drying device according to claim 1 , wherein
the coat drying device further comprises
a position detecting sensor that detects a position of the first part and a position of the second part, and
an airflow direction controller that controls the hot air deflector according to a position of the coating object, and
the airflow direction controller controls the hot air deflector to deflect the flow direction of the hot air that is blown out from the hot air outlet, based on the detection result of the position detecting sensor and a position of the hot air outlet.

3. The coat drying device according to claim 2 , wherein
the airflow direction controller controls the hot air deflector such that, when heating the second part of the coating object that is conveyed, the flow direction of the hot air is deflected along a conveyance direction of the coating object.

4. The coat drying device according to claim 2 , further comprising
a coating object information acquisition device that acquires specification information relating to a specification of the coating object, wherein
the airflow direction controller controls the hot air deflector to deflect the flow direction of the hot air that is blown out from the hot air outlet.

5. The coat drying device according to claim 2 , further comprising
an airflow direction deflection completion determining section that determines completion of deflection of the flow direction of the hot air by the hot air deflector, and
a heating control start determining section that determines a start of a control of the hot air supply device by the heating control unit, when the airflow direction deflection completion determining section determines the completion of the deflection of the flow direction of the hot air.

6. The coat drying device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hot air supply device further comprises an airflow speed adjustment device that adjusts a flow speed of the hot air that is blown out of the hot air outlet, and
the heating control unit controls the airflow speed adjustment device to supply hot air with a greater airflow speed than the flow speed of the hot air that is supplied to heat the first part, when heating the second part of the coating object that is conveyed.

7. The coat drying device according to claim 6 , further comprising
a coating object information acquisition device that acquires specification information relating to a specification of the coating object, wherein
the heating control unit controls the airflow speed adjustment device to adjust the flow speed of the hot air that is blown from the hot air outlet.

8. The coat drying device according to claim 6 , further comprising
an airflow direction deflection completion determining section that determines completion of deflection of the flow direction of the hot air by the hot air deflector, and
an airflow speed adjustment start determining section that determines a start of an adjustment of the flow speed of the hot air by the airflow speed adjustment device, when the airflow direction deflection completion determining section determines the completion of the deflection of the flow direction of the hot air.

9. A coat drying method for drying coated film coated onto a coating object that includes a first part, and a second having a greater heat capacity than a heat capacity of the first part, and at least the first part and the second part are continuously conveyed by the same coating platform,
the coat drying method comprising:
conveying the coating object inside a drying furnace, heating the coating object using a hot air supply device that heats the coating object by supplying hot air into the drying furnace and blows out the hot air from a hot air outlet to the inside of the drying furnace, and
controlling the hot air supply device using a heating control unit according to the heat capacity of the coating object,
the controlling of the hot air supply device, when heating the second part of the coating object that is conveyed, supplies the hot air with a greater amount of heat to the second part than an amount of heat of the hot air that is supplied to heat the first part, after deflecting the flow direction of the hot air that is blown from the hot air outlet from the first part to the second part.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Natsume Tomoyuki

Classifications

• F26B21/37 Primary

  Velocity of flow; Quantity of flow · CPC title

• F26B21/35

  Temperature; Pressure · CPC title

• F26B15/12

  the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined · CPC title

• F26B3/04 Primary

  the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F26B2210/12

  Vehicle bodies, e.g. after being painted · CPC title