摘要 |
Disposable containers are provided for containing different types, for example, different colors, of coating material to be dispensed onto one or more articles. A method of coating articles includes providing a dispensing device for dispensing coating onto the articles. A high-magnitude potential supply is selectively coupled to the dispensing device for supplying electrostatic charge to the coating as the coating is being dispensed. A first disposable container containing a first coating material to be dispensed onto a first one of the articles is coupled to the dispensing device as the first article is presented for coating, and the first coating material is dispensed onto the first article. A second disposable container is filled with a second coating material to be dispensed onto a second one of the articles, for example, while the first coating material is being dispensed onto the first article. Upon completing coating of the first article with the first coating material, the supply of high-magnitude potential to the dispensing device is interrupted, and the first container is uncoupled from the dispensing device. The first coating material is flushed from the dispensing device. The second container containing the second coating material is coupled to the dispensing device, and the supply of high-magnitude potential to the dispensing device is resumed as the second article is presented for coating.
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