An enclosure for painting and a method of enforcing evaporation from a coating on a panel surface.

摘要

A coating of paint on a panel (2) is dried by directing a narrow jet of air from a supply, preferably from an air mover (7), held at a predetermined distance from the panel towards one edge region of the panel, the jet being substantially narrower, when it reaches the panel edge region, than the length of the panel edge and the jet being inclined to the plane of the panel such that the air from the jet is entrained by the panel in a spreading laminar flow across the panel surface from that edge region to all the other edges thereof. This induces such laminar flow over substantially the whole surface and replaces vapour-laden air closely adjacent the surface with fresh air to accelerate drying. A painting booth (1) for cars is also disclosed, with several such air movers (7) which use part of the bulk air flow (3,4) in the booth.