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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Metokote Corporation, Lima, OH (US);
Brent A. Schwartz, Wapakoneta, OH (US);
Danielle N. Meienburg, Malinta, OH (US);
Todd A. Hermiller, Columbus Grove, OH (US);
David J. McNamara, Lima, OH (US);
Dennis J. Siefer, Kalida, OH (US);
METOKOTE CORPORATION, Lima, OH (US);
Abstract
A coating system and related method for coating a part. The coating system having a process tank filled with a fluid coating material to a fluid coating level and an inert gas blanket formed above the fluid coating level. The coating system also having a process tank conveyor to support a part to be coated. The process tank conveyor having a submerge section which transfers the part through the inert gas blanket and below the fluid coating level, a coating residence section which maintains the part submerged below the fluid coating level for a coating period, a coating removal section which raises the part above the fluid coating level but below the inert gas blanket level, and an inert gas blanket residence section which maintains the part within the inert gas blanket level but above the fluid coating level for a drying period.