Conformal coating using multiple applications
AssigneePrecision Valve & Automation, Inc.
InventorsAnthony J. Hynes, Jonathan Neal Urquhart
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Abstract
A robotic conformal coating system has a end effector and multiple tiltable valves coupled to the end effector. The end effector is capable of X, Y and Z axis motion, as well as rotation about the Z axis. A programmable controller controls the movement of the end effector and valves, as well as the actual dispensing and/or spraying of conformal coating.
Claims20
A conformal coating system, comprising:
- at least one end effector;
- and
- a plurality of coating applicators coupled to the at least one end effector for applying conformal coating, wherein the plurality of coating applicators are independently operable.
A robotic conformal coating system, comprising:
- at least one end effector capable of sideways movement along an X axis, front and back movement along a Y axis, up and down movement along a Z axis and rotational movement about at least one axis of the X axis, the Y axis and the Z axis;
- a plurality of tiltable coating applicators coupled to the at least one end effector for applying conformal coating, wherein the plurality of coating applicators are independently operable;
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- a controller programmable to control tilting of the plurality of tiltable coating applicators and movement of the at least one end effector.
A method of conformally coating an object with a conformal coating system including at least one end effector capable of sideways movement along an X axis, front and back movement along a Y axis, up and down movement along a Z axis and rotational movement about at least one axis of the X axis, the Y axis and the Z axis, and a plurality of independently operable tiltable coating applicators coupled to the at least one end effector for applying conformal coating, the method comprising steps of:
- causing the at least one end effector to traverse a path along a perimeter of the object by one or more of movement along the X axis, movement along the Y axis, movement along the Z axis, and rotational movement about the at least one axis;
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- dispensing conformal coating about the object through one or more of the plurality of tiltable coating applicators, wherein the one or more of the plurality of tiltable coating applicators is tilted during the dispensing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.