NARROW SURFACE COATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A HEAT-ACTIVATABLE EDGE COATING BY MEANS OF HOT AIR OR HOT GAS

摘要

The invention relates to an edge coating apparatus (1) for application of a strip-shaped edge strip (4) to narrow surfaces (6) of a work piece (5), wherein the edge strip (4) can be attached to the narrow surfaces (6), particularly in multiple layers, without adhesive or with a hot-melt glue layer between edge strip (4) and narrow surface (6), in heat-activatable manner, having at least a feed device (7) for the edge strip (4) and a press-down device (9) that presses the heat-activated edge strip (4) against the narrow surface (6) of the work piece (5). In this edge coating apparatus (1) and the corresponding coating method, an outlet (10) for hot air (16) is disposed in the region of feed device (7) and/or press-down device (9), which outlet applies the hot air (16), under pressure of one bar or more, to the edge strip (4) and/or the heat-activatable layer of the edge strip (4) and/or the narrow surface (6) of the work piece (5), wherein a heating device (3) standing in a fluid connection with the outlet (10), for the hot air (16), is provided, which device brings the hot air (16) to the required activation temperature for the heat-activatable layer of the edge strip (4) or the hot-melt glue.