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Robotic Sealant Application
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The evolution of Robotics Technology has made the automatic application of sealants a reality and thus a necessity to maintain a competitive edge. Justification was made to design and install automated systems to account for nearly 70% of the sealing requirement for the General Motors new C/K Truck. A CAD/CAM simulation was completed generating an optimum robot layout as well as system design requirements. One of the innovations implemented as a part of this system was a robotically-applied cosmetic bead of sealant. To insure quality application to 100% of the truck box seams, techniques such as: analog sealant flow control, compliant sealant gun nozzles, and computer vision location of box corners were developed.
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Bafunno, F., "Robotic Sealant Application," SAE Technical Paper 872280, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/872280.Also In
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- “Integration of Robots in Adhesive Applications” Guzowski R.J. 1986 SME Adhesives Conference Baltimore, MA June 1986
- “Automatic Seam Sealing Using Machine Vision” Bolhouse R.A. Stone S.M. SME Vision 1986 Conference Detroit, MI June 1986
- “An Introduction to Gray Scale Vision Machine Vision” Rutledge G.J. SME Vision 1985 Conference Detroit, MI June 1985