Coating system and coating method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsKatsuhiko YOSHINO, Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Yasuhiro KATAOKA, Kenichiro SHIGEYOSHI
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Abstract
A coating system includes a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion of a vehicle body and a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot. The first robot has a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area. The second robot has a second base via which the second robot is mounted. The second base is mounted below the first base in a vertical direction.
Claims20
A coating system comprising:
- a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion of a vehicle body and having a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area;
- and
- a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot and having a second base via which the second robot is mounted, the second base being mounted below the first base in a vertical direction.
A coating system comprising:
- a conveyor configured to convey a vehicle body in a first direction;
- a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion provided at a rear of a vehicle body and having a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area and which does not move with respect to the structure;
- a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot and having a second base via which the second robot is mounted, the second base being mounted below the first base in a vertical direction;
- a third robot configured to open a second opening/closing portion provided on a side of the vehicle body and having a third base via which the third robot is mounted to the structure and which does not move with respect to the structure;
- a fourth robot configured to coat the interior of the vehicle body through the second opening/closing portion opened by the third robot and having a fourth base that is mounted below the third base in the vertical direction;
- a traveling device comprising a first slider and a second slider respectively movable along a rail in the first direction;
- a turning arm connected to the first slider rotatably around a turning axis extending along the vertical direction;
- the second robot being mounted on the turning arm;
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- the fourth robot being mounted on the second slider.
A coating method comprising:
- conveying a vehicle body with an opening/closing portion in a first direction;
- controlling a horizontal arm of a first robot so that a vertical arm of the first robot follows the vehicle body, the vertical arm being connected to a tip end of the horizontal arm;
- opening the opening/closing portion via the vertical arm to maintain an open state;
- moving a second robot in the first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction so as to follow the vehicle body;
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- coating an interior of the vehicle body with the second robot through the opened opening/closing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.