Ford Motor Company Limited

Behr Systems, Inc.

Thomas Loch

James Eric Anderson

Robert F Heldt

Alexander Stoll

Michael P Gibbons

Jacob J Braslaw

Charles K Altermatt

A machining system having a machining envelope, a housing, a hopper, and a seal. The housing defines at least a portion of the machining envelope. The hopper has a top surface defining an opening. The seal is disposed between the housing and the top surface. The hopper is configured to receive particulates when positioned below the machining envelope.

Machining system with integrated chip hopper

An ionizing device generates ionizing lines to shape solvent borne coating material being dispersed from an electrostatic rotary atomizer. A band having a clamping element affixes the device to the electrostatic rotary atomizer. A halo is affixed to the band by at least one support arm. The halo includes a plurality of generally conical members spaced therearound, each generating ionic lines to shape the atomized coating material being dispersed from the rotary atomizer. A shroud is positioned around each of the generally conical members to shape the ionizing lines being generated to form an ionic field to improve the transfer efficiency of the electrostatic rotary atomizer.

Paint atomizer bell with ionization ring

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Thomas Loch