PAINTING METHOD AND A PAINTING INSTALLATION FOR PAINTING A COMPONENT WITH A CHARACTER EDGE.

摘要

The invention relates to a painting method for painting, in a painting installation, a component (1) that has a component edge (17) and particularly for painting a motor vehicle bodywork component that has a character edge, comprising the following steps: a) conveying the component (1) in a conveyor direction (2) through said painting installation by means of a conveyor; b) segmenting the component surface of the component (1) to be painted into surface painting modules which lie one behind the other in the conveyor direction (2); c) painting the individual painting modules of the component surface one after the other using a multi-axis painting robot that has an atomiser; d) said painting robot guiding the atomiser, within one painting module in each case, along a painting track (5, 11) and across the component surface of the painting module; and e) the painting track (5, 11) having at least one track section (9) running transverse to the component edge (17). It is suggested that, within the painting module, the painting track (5, 11) comprises at least one track section (18, 19) that runs substantially parallel to the component edge (17).