Robot system and method for inspecting and repairing casts in smelting processes
OwnerHugo Salamancainventor
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Abstract
A robot system and method for the repair and/or inspection of cast surfaces in an automated comprising a robotic manipulator of at least 4 degrees of freedom and a gripping mechanism which allows taking a repair device from a tool holder rack located at one of its sides and moving it through a defined path to a repair and inspection area, where a repair process will be carried out in a sequential and programmed way to a number of cast faces to be defined. Additionally, the system allows carrying out an inspection process of the surfaces in a sequential and programmed way through the use of a vision system by taking from a tool holder rack or carrying an advanced vision system for the inspection of surfaces.
Claims15
A robot system for the repair and/or inspection of cast surfaces in metal smelting processes comprising
- an anthropomorphous robotic arm of at least 4 degrees of freedom,
- a control, communication and programming unit,
- a gripper adapter,
- a pneumatic gripper,
- a pneumatic gripper driving system,
- a electric supply system,
- a repair system,
- an advanced vision system for the inspection of surfaces and
- a tool holder
- wherein said pneumatic gripper allows in a sequential and programmed way said anthropomorphous robotic arm to take, manipulate and release a repair device and/or an advanced vision system for the inspection of surfaces from a tool holder rack in such a way that said device and/or vision system moves through a defined path to said cast surface,
- wherein said anthropomorphous robotic arm moves said device and/or vision system through a defined path to the cast surface, so as to facilitate repair and inspection process of surfaces in different paths within the work volume of the robot system, and
- wherein said anthropomorphous robotic arm includes an electrical system driven by three-stage induction motors, with vectorial and/or scalar control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.