CLEANING FACILITY AND CLEANING METHOD FOR CLEANING A COMPONENT, PREFERABLY A VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT

• Main Authors: HANNIG Detlev, BAUMANN Michael, RASCH Harald, HAAS Jürgen, HERRE Frank, IRMSCHER Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 07.02.2024
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a cleaning facility (100) for cleaning a component (C), preferably a motor vehicle body component, in particular laterally along a wet portion (S) of the component (C), comprising a cleaning station (1), a conveyor device (2) for transporting the component (C) through the cleaning station (1), and a first cleaning appliance (10) for cleaning preferably a large area of the component (C). The cleaning facility (100) is characterised in particular in that it comprises a multi-axis robot (21), which has a second cleaning appliance (20) for preferably sharply defined cleaning of the component (C) and is adapted to guide the second cleaning appliance (20) laterally along a portion (S) of the component (C). The invention also relates to a corresponding cleaning method. La invención se relaciona con una instalación de limpieza (100) para limpiar un componente (C), de manera preferida un componente de la carrocería de un vehículo de motor, en particular, lateralmente a lo largo de una región parcial húmeda (S) del componente (C), con una estación de limpieza (1), un dispositivo transportador (2) para transportar el componente (C) a través de la estación de limpieza (1), y un primer aparato de limpieza (10) para, de manera preferida, limpiar un área grande del componente (C). La instalación de limpieza (100) se caracteriza en particular, en que comprende un robot multiaxial (21) que comprende un segundo aparato de limpieza (20) para, de manera preferida, limpiar un borde afilado del componente (C), y que se adapta para guiar el segundo aparato de limpieza (20) lateralmente a lo largo de una región parcial (S) del componente (C). La invención también comprende un método de limpieza correspondiente.