Device and method for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component

1. A device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, comprising:

at least one holding device having a horizontal bearing surface configured to support the coated component; and

a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness,

wherein the guiding device is configured to move the sensor along a vertical axis, and the sensor is configured to pivot about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally,

the guiding device is further configured to move the sensor along a horizontal axis, and

the sensor is arranged at a free end of a guiding arm, the guiding arm arranged coaxially with the first axis of rotation, the guiding device comprising:

a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis; and

a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis, wherein

the guiding arm is supported by the rail through the support arm and configured to move along the support arm in a direction parallel to the vertical axis, the guiding arm extending from a first end portion of the guiding arm movably connected to the support arm to the free end portion opposite the first end portion, the free end portion at a fixed distance away from the support arm, wherein the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end portion.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing surface of the holding device is configured to be rotated about a second axis of rotation that is oriented vertically.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guiding device has at least one controllable actuator configured to one or more of move and tune the sensor.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guiding device has at least one guide rail that defines the horizontal axis.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holding device has at least one controllable actuator configured to rotate the bearing surface.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured as a magnetic inductive measuring probe or as an eddy-current measuring probe.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is arranged at the free end of a guiding arm such that a measuring direction of the sensor is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the first axis of rotation.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component is configured as a brake disk for a disk brake of a motor vehicle.

9. A method for operating a device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, the device including at least one holding device that has a horizontal bearing surface for the coated component and a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness, the method comprising:

supporting the coated component with the horizontal bearing surface;

moving the sensor with the guiding device along a vertical axis and pivoting the sensor about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally with the coated component supported by the horizontal bearing surface, the first axis of rotation coaxial with a guiding arm, of the device,

at a free end of which the sensor is arranged; and

moving the sensor with the guiding device along a horizontal axis, wherein:

the guiding arm is supported with a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis, the rail supporting the guiding arm through a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis;

the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end;

the free end is opposite a first end portion of the guiding arm;

the first end portion is movably connected to the support arm; and

the free end portion is at a fixed distance away from the support arm.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the component is configured as a brake disk for a disk brake of a motor vehicle.

11. A device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, comprising:

at least one holding device having a horizontal bearing surface configured to support the component; and

a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness,

wherein the guiding device is configured to move the sensor with respect to the at least one holding device along a horizontal axis and along a vertical axis, and pivot the sensor about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally, and

the horizontal bearing surface of the at least one holding device is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation that is oriented vertically, wherein the guiding device comprises:

a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis;

a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis; and

a guiding arm having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis and supported by the rail through the support arm, the guiding arm configured to move along the support arm in a direction parallel to the vertical axis, the guiding arm including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the first end portion movably connected to the support arm and the second end portion at a fixed distance away from the support arm, wherein the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end portion.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first axis of rotation is movable with respect to the second axis of rotation.

13. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first axis of rotation is movable with respect to the second axis of rotation.