MANIFOLD MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPLYING COATING MATERIAL TO AN APPLICATION DEVICE

摘要

A manifold (14) mounting arrangement is provided to allow a user to selectively permit flow between a plurality of coating material supplies (A, B, C) and a coating material application device. The arrangement permits quick color change operations as well as purging functions. The arrangement includes a manifold block arrangement (14) that can be slideably positioned so as to align an inlet of the application device to a selected flow path that is in fluid communication with a respective coating material supply (A, B, C). A second sliding function can be used to then couple the selected flow path and the device inlet. Face seal arrangements can be used to have alignment and coupling with single axis movement. Translational movement can be manual or automated. An indexing function is provided to verify alignment. The invention can be used for quick color change operations for proximal and remote application device locations.