IP Library Granted Patent US 8,678,060
Granted Patent B2
US 8,678,060 · App. 13/411,593 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Joining surface treatment device and method

Inventors: Siegfried Dietz (Ulrichstein, DE); Florian Gamringer (Wernberg-Koeblitz, DE)
Assignee: FFT EDAG Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,678,060
App. No.
13/411,593
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A joining surface treatment device and a joining surface treatment method for treating a joining surface of a component which joining surface is used for joining two components, the joining surface treatment device comprising at least one heat source for heating a portion of a surface of a first component at which portion the first component shall be joined with a second component; and a primer application device for applying a primer to a portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heatable by the at least one heat source, wherein the at least one heat source is arranged so that it can heat the first component before and/or after applying the primer.

Claims (45)

1. A joining surface treatment device for treating a joining surface of a component, which joining surface is used for joining two components, the joining surface treatment device comprising:

a heat source for heating a portion of a surface of a first component at which portion the first component shall be joined with a second component; and

a primer application device for applying a primer to the portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heatable by the heat source,

wherein the heat source and the primer application device are arranged at each other so that the heat source heats the portion of the surface of the first component, at which portion the first component shall be joined with the second component, both before and after applying the primer by the primer application device, and

wherein the joining surface treatment device includes a drive device for driving the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device in a movement relative to the first component.

2. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein a heating power of the heat source is continuously controllable.

3. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the primer application device is arranged at the heat source so that the primer application device applies the primer approximately in a center of the portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heated by the heat source.

4. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the joining surface treatment device is configured so that the first component is moveable along the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device.

5. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source includes an infrared radiation source or a laser source or an induction source or a hot air blower or a blower for introducing warm compressed air.

6. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source has a shape that is adapted to the joining surface or the heat source is pivotable about the joining surface.

7. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primer application device is configured for applying hydro primer.

8. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primer application device is configured for applying heated primer.

9. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the primer application device is configured so that it adjusts an amount of applied primer as a function of a velocity of a relative movement between the first component and the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device.

10. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the primer application device is arranged approximately in a center of the heat source.

11. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 10 , wherein the heat source is ring shaped with the primer application device arranged in the center of the ring.

12. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the primer application device is arranged on a side of the heat source.

13. The joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the heating power of the heat source is controlled as a function of a temperature detection of a detection device.

14. A piece of factory automation machinery for producing an object with at least two components, comprising:

a joining surface treatment device according to claim 1 ; and

a receiver for receiving a first component so that a portion of a surface of the first component at which portion the first component shall be joined with a second component is oriented towards an arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device when the first component is treated with the joining surface treatment device.

15. The piece of factory automation machinery according to claim 14 , further comprising:

a drive device for driving the receiver so that the receiver or the arrangement move relative to one another.

16. The piece of factory automation machinery according to claim 14 , further comprising:

a gluing device for gluing the first component and the second component together at the joining surface,

wherein the gluing device is arranged directly downstream of the joining surface treatment device.

17. A joining surface treatment method for treating a joining surface of a component for joining two components, comprising the steps of:

heating a portion of a surface of a first component by one heat source at which portion the first component shall be joined with a second component; and

applying a primer by a primer application device to the portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heatable by the heat source,

wherein the heat source and the primer application device are arranged at each other so that the heat source heats in the heating step the portion of the surface of the first component, at which portion the first component shall be joined with the second component, both before and after applying the primer, and

wherein the joining surface treatment device includes a drive device driving the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device in a movement relative to the first component.

18. A joining surface treatment device for treating a joining surface of a component, which joining surface is used for joining two components, the joining surface treatment device comprising:

a heat source for heating a portion of a surface of a first component at which portion the first component shall be joined with a second component; and

a primer application device for applying a primer to the portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heatable by the heat source,

wherein the heat source and the primer application device are arranged to at each other so that the heat source heats the portion of the surface of the first component, at which portion the first component shall be joined with the second component, both before and after applying the primer by the primer application device,

wherein the joining surface treatment device includes a drive device for driving the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device in a movement relative to the first component,

wherein a heating power of the heat source is continuously controllable,

wherein the primer application device is arranged at the heat source so that the primer application device applies the primer approximately in a center of the portion of the surface of the first component which portion is heated by the heat source,

wherein the joining surface treatment device is configured so that the first component is moveable along the arrangement including the heat source and the primer application device,

wherein the heat source has a shape that is adapted to the joining surface or the heat source is pivotable about the joining surface,

wherein the primer application device is arranged approximately in a center of the heat source, and

wherein the heat source is ring shaped with the primer application device arranged in the center of the ring.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: FFT EDAG PRODUKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
To: FFT PRODUKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 052257/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2012
From: DIETZ, SIEGFRIED
To: FFT EDAG PRODUKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028169/0860 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 11157081 · Mar 4, 2011 · regional
Continuity (1)
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