Device and method for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsChristoph Maurer, Wolfgang Huschenhoefer, Marian Willeke
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Abstract
A device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, particularly a brake disc for a disc brake of a motor vehicle, includes at least one holding device and a guiding device. The holding device has a bearing surface for the component. The guiding device is configured to hold and guide a sensor in order to measure the layer thickness. The sensor is configured to be moved by the guiding device along a vertical axis and pivot about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally. The sensor is further configured to be moved by the guiding device along a horizontal axis.
Claims13
A device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, comprising:
- at least one holding device having a horizontal bearing surface configured to support the coated component;
- and
- a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness,
- wherein the guiding device is configured to move the sensor along a vertical axis, and the sensor is configured to pivot about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally,
- the guiding device is further configured to move the sensor along a horizontal axis, and
- the sensor is arranged at a free end of a guiding arm, the guiding arm arranged coaxially with the first axis of rotation, the guiding device comprising:
- a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis;
- and
- a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis, wherein
- the guiding arm is supported by the rail through the support arm and configured to move along the support arm in a direction parallel to the vertical axis, the guiding arm extending from a first end portion of the guiding arm movably connected to the support arm to the free end portion opposite the first end portion, the free end portion at a fixed distance away from the support arm, wherein the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end portion.
A method for operating a device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, the device including at least one holding device that has a horizontal bearing surface for the coated component and a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness, the method comprising:
- supporting the coated component with the horizontal bearing surface;
- moving the sensor with the guiding device along a vertical axis and pivoting the sensor about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally with the coated component supported by the horizontal bearing surface, the first axis of rotation coaxial with a guiding arm, of the device,
- at a free end of which the sensor is arranged;
- and
- moving the sensor with the guiding device along a horizontal axis, wherein:
- the guiding arm is supported with a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis, the rail supporting the guiding arm through a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis;
- the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end;
- the free end is opposite a first end portion of the guiding arm;
- the first end portion is movably connected to the support arm;
- and
- the free end portion is at a fixed distance away from the support arm.
A device for detecting a layer thickness of a coated component, comprising:
- at least one holding device having a horizontal bearing surface configured to support the component;
- and
- a guiding device configured to hold and guide a sensor to measure the layer thickness,
- wherein the guiding device is configured to move the sensor with respect to the at least one holding device along a horizontal axis and along a vertical axis, and pivot the sensor about a first axis of rotation that is oriented horizontally, and
- the horizontal bearing surface of the at least one holding device is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation that is oriented vertically, wherein the guiding device comprises:
- a rail having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis;
- a support arm having a main extent parallel to the vertical axis and configured to move along the rail in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis;
- and
- a guiding arm having a main extent parallel to the horizontal axis and supported by the rail through the support arm, the guiding arm configured to move along the support arm in a direction parallel to the vertical axis, the guiding arm including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the first end portion movably connected to the support arm and the second end portion at a fixed distance away from the support arm, wherein the sensor is rotatably mounted to the free end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.