Nordson Corporation

Dennis J Davis

Harold D Beam

Stephen L Merkel

Carl A Bretmersky

Ronald R Schroeder

Jeffrey J Kruke

Thomas Andreas Trautzsch

Michael P Hansinger

A rotary atomizer has an internal power supply in the atomizer housing about which is passed cooling air. The air then flows out of the atomizer housing in a twisting direction as vectored air in the same direction of rotation as the atomizer head to eliminate any vacuum condition around the atomizer head and to provide shaping control of the coating being sprayed. A portion of the exhaust air from an air turbine motor driving the atomizer head with a turbine shaft is directed through a passageway between a stationary fluid tube within the turbine shaft and the rotary shaft to direct the exhaust air into the atomizer head to mix with the coating and create an air barrier that prevents coating material from leaking back into the rotary atomizer device. The remaining portion of the exhaust air from the air turbine motor is channeled around the outside surface of the housing of the rotary atomizer device to prevent liquid coating material from wrapping back and attaching to the atomizer housing.

Electrostatic rotary atomizing spray device

A rotary atomizer has an internal power supply in the atomizer housing about which is passed cooling air. The air then flows out of the atomizer housing in a twisting direction as vectored air in the same direction of rotation as the atomizer head to eliminate any vacuum condition around the atomizer head and to provide shaping control of the coating being sprayed. Exhaust air from an air turbine motor driving the atomizer head is directed around the outside surface of the atomizer housing to prevent the liquid coating from wrapping back and accumulating onto the atomizer housing. A speed sensing system is mounted in the atomizer housing and utilizes both magnetics and optics for accurately measuring the rotational speed of the air turbine motor in the presence of high electrostatic charge and RF fields from the internal power supply. The power supply is disposed within the atomizer housing about the turbine motor. The atomizing head, in one embodiment, incorporates an insert which divides the flow of coating material into a plurality of individual streams to improve the atomization of the coating material from the atomizing head. In another embodiment, an insert is located in the atomizing head to insure that the front flow surface of the atomizer head remains wet during operation so that the atomizing head is easier to clean. The power supply is ring shaped and encircles the turbine and the paint flow passage through the turbine. An intrinsic safety barrier is provided to supply electrical power to the power supply. The intrinsic safety barrier is incorporated into the feedback loop of a voltage regulator.

A method and apparatus is provided for combining two components to form a coating material formulation in which one of the components is a 'high volume' component comprising a resin including supercritical fluid as a diluent, and the other of the components is a 'low volume' component, such as a catalyst. The relative ratio of resin to catalyst is controlled by adjusting the catalyst pressure as a function of the pressure at which the resin is supplied to ,one or more coating dispensers and by adjusting the duty cycle of a catalyst valve within the catalyst flow path.

Apparatus for proportioning two components to form a mixture

A rotary atomizer having a low capacitance, cup-shaped, atomizing head mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation has a coating material flow surface forming a forward cavity. A rotary drive coupled to the atomizing head rotates the atomizing head about the axis of rotation. High voltage electrostatic energy is conducted through the rotary drive directly into the atomizing head whereby changed coating material flows outwardly across the flow surface. In another embodiment, a semi-conductive ring is mounted on the front end of the atomizer to transfer the high voltage electrostatic energy into the atomizing head and/or to dissipate the electrostatic energy in the rotary drive or in the atomizing head.

Transfer of electrostatic charge to a rotary atomizer head through the

A method and apparatus for combining multiple components to form a coating material formulation in which one of the components is a resin, another component is a supercritical fluid employed as a fluid diluent, and, preferably, the third component is a catalyst. Two of the components are transmitted through separate flow paths to a first mixer within which they are combined to form a mixture, and then the third component is added to the mixture in a second mixer to form the coating material formulation for discharge by one or more coating dispensers or spray guns onto a substrate.

Method and apparatus for forming and dispensing coating material

A rotary atomizer having a low capacitance, cup-shaped, atomizing head mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation has a coating material flow surface forming a forward cavity. A rotary drive means coupled to the atomizing head rotates the atomizing head about the axis of rotation. High voltage electrostatic energy is conducted through the rotary drive means directly into the atomizing head whereby charged coating material flows outwardly across the flow surface.

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Bay Village, OH, United States of America

Dennis J Davis