The evolution of Robotics Technology has made the automatic application of sealants a reality and thus a necessity to maintain a competitive edge. Justification was made to design and install automated systems to account for nearly 70 % of the sealing requirement for the General Motors new C/K Truck. A CAD/CAM simulation was completed generating an optimum robot layout as well as system design requirements. One of the innovations implemented as a part of this system was a robotically-applied cosmetic bead of sealant. To insure quality application to 100 % of the truck box seams, techniques such as: analog sealant flow control, compilant sealant gun nozzles, and computer vision location of box corners were developed.


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    Title :

    Robotic sealant application


    Additional title:

    Anbringung von Dichtungen mit dem Roboter


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    SAE-Papers ; Nov ; 1-8


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 3 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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