Inropa software RobTeach og RobTeach VR pave new ways for employing
paint robots in situations
with complicated geometries and / or small
batches.
The advantages of using robot application in industrial painting are
obvious and well accepted among
painting professionals:
- Savings in paint consumption
- Uniform quality
- Efficiency (faster movements without increasing fatigue)
- No human presence in impacted working environments
With these obvious advantages it is surprising, that paint robots are
not more densely distributed in the general industry and among coating
subcontractors.
Inropa product development
By interviewing more than 100 industry companies and coating
subcontractors in Germany and
Scandinavia 2005, following main
arguments against the use of paint robots were found:
- Our production batches are too small
- Our geometries are too complex
- We loose flexibility
- We have to stop production during programming of the robot(s)
- We doubt, that we have the right programming competences
- We fear to become dependent on services from external programmers
It was clear to Inropas development team, that all these doubts can be
counteracted by offering simple
and reliable programming tools, which can be operated without
programming expertise and without
waste of time compared to a traditional test painting procedure. For
this purpose Inropa developed
RobTeach and RobTeach VR.
- Off – line programming that does not block the production line
during programming
- The robot movements for initial program are generated by the operator’s
manual movements.
The know how of an experienced painter is directly transferred to the robot
program.
- Programs are transferred directly onto the robot without any adaptation.
- Program modifications for improving quality and optimising product runs
are easily performed without blocking the production (after test runs).
- Advanced computer proficiency is not required.
Inropa™
RobTeach
VR
Human Free-hand Teaching for Paint Robots
Inropa™ RobTeach VR captures
robot positions from a human operator. Robot programming is done
easily and intuitively without stopping the physical robot.
Programming without physical part
The programs can be generated even before the physical part
is produced. The user imports a 3D-CAD model and will see this
model in 3 Dimensions using 3D glasses. He is able to walk
around the CAD-part and to see it from all angles.
Programming by human Free-hand motions
The user is programming the positions of the robot by moving a
tool with his hand. He is able to apply his painting experience
directly to the robot program. Only basic to medium computer
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Simple editing and optimization
It is possible to add painting parameters and events for the
spray gun, and the user can create a full robot program in the
system. The points in the programs can be edited in the system
for optimizing the paint result.
Simulation of process and robot motion
The Paint process can be simulated in order to find blind
spots without using the paint robot. Also the complete robot
motion is simulated in the system in order to find collisions
and unreachable motions before running the programs on the
physical robot.
Direct transfer of robot programs
The robot programs can be transferred directly from
the RobTeach VR system to the robot controller through net
connection. |
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