COATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR PAINTING ROBOT

The invention relates to a coating device (e.g. a painting robot) for coating components (e.g. motor vehicle body components) with a coating agent (e.g. paint), comprising - a protective region (8) which is explosion-proof due to the risk of explosion (e.g. as a result of an explosive atmosphere, e.g. due to gas or dust) and/or is under high voltage during operation, - an unprotected region (9) in which an explosive atmosphere is not present or is only occasionally and very rarely present during normal operation and which is therefore not explosion-proof and/or lies at ground potential during operation, - multiple sensors (10-13) for measuring process variables of the coating device, said sensors (10-13) being arranged in the protective region (8), - a data interface (16) for an external data communication, said data interface (16) being arranged in the unprotected region (9), and - a transmission system (21) for transmitting data between the sensors (10-13) in the protective region (8) and the data interface (16) in the unprotected region (9). According to the invention, a collecting device (14) is additionally provided in the protective region (8), wherein the collecting device (14) is connected to the sensors (10-13) and obtains measurement values of the process variables from the sensors (10-13), and the collecting device is also connected to the transmission system (21) in order to transmit the measurement values of the sensors (10-13) to the data interface (16). La invención se relaciona con un dispositivo de recubrimiento (por ejemplo, un robot de pintura), para recubrir los componentes (por ejemplo, componentes de la carrocería de un vehículo de motor), con un agente de recubrimiento (por ejemplo, una pintura), que tiene - un área protegida (8), que es a prueba de explosiones, debido a un riesgo de explosión (por ejemplo, debido a una atmósfera explosiva, por ejemplo, debido a gases o polvos) y/o está bajo un alto voltaje durante la operación, - un área no protegida (9), en la cual no prevalece una atmósfera explosiva durante la operación normal o únicamente de manera ocasional y muy raramente, y que por lo tanto, no está protegida contra explosiones y/o está a un potencial a tierra durante la operación, - una pluralidad de sensores (10-13) para medir las variables del proceso del dispositivo de recubrimiento, los sensores (10-13) se disponen en el área protegida (8) - una interfaz de datos (16) para la comunicación externa de los datos, la interfa