Practice of Yaskawa Robot - Tracking Automatic Spraying Line
TIME:2025-01-17 16:57:36
The robot - tracking automatic spraying line is a highly automated spraying equipment, widely used in various industries such as automotive, machinery manufacturing, and household appliances. It can efficiently and accurately complete the spraying operations of workpieces with complex shapes. The following is an introduction from aspects such as its working principle, system composition, and advantages.
Working Principle
Workpiece Identification and Positioning: Through advanced vision recognition systems or sensors, the workpieces on the conveyor line are identified and positioned in real time to obtain information such as the shape, position, and attitude of the workpieces, providing accurate basic data for robot spraying.
Robot Path Planning: Based on the workpiece identification information, the control system uses professional path planning software to generate the optimal spraying path for the robot spray gun, ensuring that the spray gun can move according to the predetermined trajectory and speed to achieve a uniform and complete spraying effect.
Real - time Tracking and Adjustment: During the spraying process, the robot dynamically tracks the motion state of the workpiece through real - time communication and synchronization mechanisms with the conveyor line. Once any change in the workpiece's position or attitude is detected, the robot can quickly adjust the spraying path and parameters to ensure that the spraying quality is not affected.
System Composition
Robot Spraying System: It consists of industrial robots, spray guns, spraying controllers, etc. The industrial robot, as the actuator, has high flexibility and high - precision motion capabilities and can carry the spray gun to perform spraying operations according to the preset path. The spray gun is a key component for spraying, and different types and specifications of spray guns can be selected according to different spraying requirements. The spraying controller is responsible for precisely controlling the movement of the robot and the spraying parameters of the spray gun.
Conveying System: It usually includes the conveyor line, driving device, workpiece fixture, etc. The conveyor line is used to transport the workpieces to the spraying area in sequence, and the driving device provides power for the conveyor line to ensure that the workpieces move smoothly at a set speed. The workpiece fixture is used to fix the workpiece to ensure its stability and accuracy during transportation and spraying.
Vision Recognition and Control System: It mainly consists of vision sensors, image acquisition cards, control system software, etc. The vision sensor is responsible for collecting the image information of the workpiece, and the image acquisition card converts the image signal obtained by the sensor into a digital signal and transmits it to the control system software for processing and analysis. The control system performs real - time control and adjustment of the robot and the conveying system based on the analysis results.
Paint Supply System: It includes paint storage tanks, pumps, filters, metering devices, etc. Its function is to pump the paint out of the storage tank, and after filtration and metering, transport it to the spray gun at an appropriate pressure and flow rate to ensure that the spray gun can spray the paint evenly and stably.
Advantages
High Degree of Automation: It can realize the full - process automated operation from workpiece loading, spraying to unloading, greatly reducing human intervention, improving production efficiency and reducing labor intensity.
High Spraying Precision: The robot has extremely high motion accuracy and repeat positioning accuracy, which can accurately control the movement trajectory of the spray gun and spraying parameters, ensuring a uniform coating thickness and good surface quality, effectively reducing spraying defects and improving product quality.
Strong Flexibility: It can quickly adapt to workpieces with different shapes, sizes and spraying requirements by modifying programs and adjusting parameters, without the need for large - scale equipment modification, and has strong flexible production capacity.
Good Safety: It isolates operators from the spraying environment, reducing the chance of operators coming into contact with harmful substances such as paint and reducing the risk of occupational health. At the same time, the system is equipped with a complete set of safety protection devices to effectively prevent accidents.
Environmental Protection and Energy Saving: Through precise spraying control, it can reduce paint waste and reduce environmental pollution caused by paint volatilization. In addition, the efficient operation of the robot also helps to reduce energy consumption and achieve the goal of energy conservation and emission reduction.