Method of repair paint curing for production lines and apparatus

Details Method of repair paint curing for production lines and apparatus Method of repair paint curing for production lines and apparatus

1991-08-29

1994-01-25

Ruggiero, Joseph

Boots, shoes, and leggings

34 39, 34 48, 118642, 427542, G06F 1546

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052821455

ABSTRACT:
The method of repair paint curing for an automotive production line having a prep area, a spray booth, and an infrared oven, with a plurality of longitudinally spaced infrared heating panels upon its opposite sides and top includes the steps of conveying a vehicle from the prep area into a spray booth, locating upon the vehicle body the prepped area to be painted, and manually inputting a code to a computer control for selectively energizing only one of the heating panels immediately adjacent the prepped area. Additional steps include spray painting the prepped area, indexing the vehicle into the oven, and automatically energizing only the selected heating panel to apply preset heating and drying temperatures to the painted area for preset temperatures and time periods in accordance with a preselected program for the computer for drying and curing the painted area, all of the other heating panels remaining inactive. An apparatus in disclosed to practice the method of repair paint curing.

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