A coating head assembly incorporating a replaceable breakaway link. The
breakaway link connects two portions of the coating head assembly and has
a sharp bend defining a weakened portion. In the event of a collision, the
breakaway link will break to reduce the likelihood of breakage of any
other part of the coating head assembly. Repair then only requires that
the link be replaced, rather than the coating head assembly to be rebuilt.
This invention reduces the coating head repair time from a fifteen-hour
job of rebuilding the coating head assembly to a three-hour job of tooling
a new link.
