ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTARY ATOMIZER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD

The disclosure relates to an electrode arrangement for the electrostatic external charging of paint on a rotary atomizer, which has an atomizer housing with an end-face tu-bus which preferably extends coaxially with the rotation axis of the rotary atomizer towards a bell cup. The electrode arrangement has a mounting ring for mounting the electrode arrangement on the atomizer housing of the rotary atomizer, as well as at least one charging electrode for the electrostatic external charging of the paint sprayed off by the rotary atomizer, the at least one charging electrode preferably projecting from the electrode arrangement. The disclosure additionally provides a closed tube shield projecting from the end face of the mounting ring, which in the mounted state extends along the rotation axis of the rotary atomizer as far as the tube of the rotary atomizer in order to shield at least part of the tube of the rotary atomizer on its outside from overspray.