Method and computer program product for determining the shape of a dispensing path and a local application amount of a flowable filling material
OwnerAndrás Gábor Horváthinventor
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Abstract
A method for determining the shape of a dispensing path and a local application amount of a flowable filling material along the dispensing path between the surfaces of two components, wherein the filling material is used to seal a gap between the two components. In the method, the filling material is applied to the first surface of the first component, that the two surfaces are subsequently moved towards each other so that, when the gap between the two surfaces is reduced, the filling material is squeezed, while increasing its cross-sectional surface extending in parallel between the two surfaces, until the desired gap is achieved.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A method for determining a shape of a dispensing path and a local application amount of a flowable filling material along the dispensing path between surfaces of two components, wherein the filling material is used to seal a gap between the two components, the method comprising the following steps:
- applying the filling material to a first surface of a first component of the two surfaces;
- moving the two surfaces towards each other so that, when a gap between the two surfaces is being reduced and a cross-sectional area of the filling material running parallel between the two surfaces is increasing, the filling material is squeezed until a desired gap is reached;
- wherein the filling material is applied in a shape of at least one bead including at least one curve section along the dispensing path, wherein a shape of the at least one curve section of the at least one bead and its local application amount or thickness along the dispensing path are determined using a numerical calculation method, and wherein the numerical calculation method includes an iterative calculation of a change in the cross-sectional area of the filling material, the area of the filling material running centrally between the two surfaces, until the desired gap between the two surfaces is reached.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program for determining a shape of a dispensing path and a local application amount of a flowable filling material along the dispensing path between surfaces of two components, wherein the filling material is used to seal a gap between the two components, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform at least one of the following steps:
- applying the filling material to a first surface of a first component of the two surfaces;
- moving the two surfaces towards each other so that, when a gap between the two surfaces is being reduced and a cross-sectional area of the filling material running parallel between the two surfaces is increasing, the filling material is squeezed until a desired gap is reached;
- wherein the filling material is applied in a shape of at least one bead including at least one curve section along the dispensing path, wherein a shape of the at least one curve section of the at least one bead and its local application amount or thickness along the dispensing path are determined using a numerical calculation method, and wherein the numerical calculation method includes an iterative calculation of a change in the cross-sectional area of the filling material, the area of the filling material running centrally between the two surfaces, until the desired gap between the two surfaces is reached.
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