DEVICE FOR HARDENING THE COATING OF AN OBJECT, CONSISTING OFA MATERIAL THAT HARDENS UNDER ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, MORE PARTICULARLY AN UV PAINT OR A THERMALLY HARDENING PAINT

摘要

The invention relates to a device (1) for hardening a coating of an object (4), more particularly a car body, said coating consisting of UV paint or a thermally hardening paint. The inventive device comprises at least one radiator (12) producing an electromagnetic radiation. A conveyor system (3) that moves the object (4) to the proximity of the radiator (12) and moves it away from said radiator includes at least one transport cart (18) that can b e translationaly moved on at least one running surface (15, 16). Said transpor t cart (18) has at least one drive motor (22) for the translational movement. A support frame (26) for the object (4) is fixed to the transport cart (18) in order to rotate or pivot the object about an rotational or pivoting axis extending crosswise relative to the translational movement and independently thereof. This makes it possible to also guide objects (4) having a complicat ed shaped surface, more particularly car bodies, through the at least one radiator (12) so that all areas of the surface can be exposed to approximate ly the same amount of radiation.