Automatic Robot Trajectory for Thermal-Sprayed Complex Surfaces

Automatic trajectory generation for thermal spray application is highly desirable for today’s automotive manufacturing. Automatic robot trajectory for free-form surfaces to satisfy the coating uniform is still highly challenging due to the complex geometry of free-form surfaces. The purpose of this...

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Main Authors: Dandan Fang, You Zheng, Botao Zhang, Xiangbo Li, Pengfei Ju, Hua Li, Cunnian Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8697056
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Summary:Automatic trajectory generation for thermal spray application is highly desirable for today’s automotive manufacturing. Automatic robot trajectory for free-form surfaces to satisfy the coating uniform is still highly challenging due to the complex geometry of free-form surfaces. The purpose of this study is to present and implement a method for automatic generation of robot trajectory according to the given spray parameters on polygon profile and complex curved free-form surfaces, such as torch speed, spray distance, spray angle, and so on. This software development foundation is an Add-In programme of RobotStudio, which is off-line programming and simulation software of ABB Company. The experimental results show that the robot trajectory can be generated rapidly, accurately, and automatically on the complex geometries by this method.
ISSN:1687-8434
1687-8442