Sensor arrangement for a coating system

Abstract

The invention concerns a sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces, with at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal, a transmitter connected to the sensor for transmitting the sensor signal, a receiver for receiving the sensor signal transmitted by the transmitter, and a wireless connection between the transmitter and receiver.

1 . A sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces comprising: 
 at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal;    a transmitter connected to the sensor for transmitting the sensor signal; and    a receiver for receiving the sensor signal transmitted by the transmitter wherein a wireless connection is defined between the transmitter and the receiver.    
   
   
       2 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the transmitter is a radio transmitter and the receiver is a radio receiver.  
   
   
       3 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the transmitter is an optical transmitter and the receiver is an optical receiver.  
   
   
       4 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 3  wherein the transmitter is an infrared transmitter and the receiver is an infrared receiver.  
   
   
       5 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the transmitter is an acoustic transmitter and the receiver is an acoustic receiver.  
   
   
       6 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the sensor and the receiver are at different electric potentials.  
   
   
       7 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 6  wherein the sensor is at a higher voltage than the receiver.  
   
   
       8 . A sensor arrangement according  claim 1  wherein the sensor is attached to a moving part of the coating system, while the receiver is stationary.  
   
   
       9 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the sensor is a pressure sensor.  
   
   
       10 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 9  wherein the pressure sensor detects one of the drive air pressure, the solvent pressure, the coating means pressure, the steering air pressure, and the line pressure in one of a coating means line and a compressed air line of the coating system.  
   
   
       11 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the sensor is one of a position sensor and a velocity sensor, which detects one of the position, the attitude, and the regulating speed of a component of the coating system.  
   
   
       12 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 1  wherein the sensor is a smart-pig sensor, which detects one of the position and the velocity of a smart pig.  
   
   
       13 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 11  wherein the sensor detects the position of a nozzle needle of the coating system.  
   
   
       14 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 11  wherein the sensor detects the location of a cylinder of the coating system.  
   
   
       15 . A sensor arrangement according to  claim 11  wherein the sensor is a rotational quantity sensor, which detects one of the rpm, the rotational angle, and the direction of rotation of a turbine wheel of a rotary atomizer of the coating system.  
   
   
       16 . (canceled)  
   
   
       17 . A sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces comprising: 
 a coating system having at least one of a shaft rotating a rotary atomizer and a pig movable in a piggable line;    at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal, wherein the at least one sensor is positionable adjacent to one of the shaft, the rotary atomizer and the piggable line;    a transmitter connected to the sensor for transmitting the sensor signal; and    a receiver for receiving the sensor signal transmitted by the transmitter wherein a wireless connection is defined between the transmitter and the receiver; wherein the receiver is positioned in spaced relation to the coating system.    
   
   
       18 . The sensor arrangement according to  claim 17  wherein the coating system further comprises: 
 a disk rotated by the shaft and supporting a plurality of turbine blades, the sensor being an optical sensor and positioned adjacent to the disk.    
   
   
       19 . The sensor arrangement according to  claim 17  wherein coating system includes a pig and the pig further comprises: 
 a magnet embedded in the pig, the sensor being a magnetic field sensor and positioned adjacent to the piggable line.    
   
   
       20 . The sensor arrangement according to  claim 17  wherein the coating system further comprises: 
 at least one air line for communicating pressurized air, the at least one sensor being a pressure sensor in communication with the at least one air line.