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US 6,187,375 B1Granted
Method of repairing coating defects
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsKlaus Alders, Bernhard Dill, Jörg Draeger
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for repairing a coating defect. The apparatus includes a utility disk holder being mounted to a frame. The rotary disk contains a plurality of toolholes with a plurality of corresponding notches. A plurality of tools can be removeably secured to the plurality of toolholes. Each tool can be rotatably used to cure the coating defect.
Claims17
A process for repairing a coating defect on a surface coating of a flat part by a plurality of repair tools, comprising the steps of:
- removably mounting the plurality of repair tools and an optical calibration device on a holder;
- positioning and calibrating the holder by the optical calibration device;
- moving and using the plurality of repair tools in succession into their correct working positions;
- performing first a coarse calibration;
- and
- performing second a fine calibration.
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