{"id":1075,"date":"2026-05-10T18:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/success-stories\/isan-radiatory-s-r-o-using-conveyor-tracking-for-powder-coating\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T18:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:50:23","slug":"isan-radiatory-s-r-o-using-conveyor-tracking-for-powder-coating","status":"publish","type":"success_story","link":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/success-stories\/isan-radiatory-s-r-o-using-conveyor-tracking-for-powder-coating\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering conveyor tracking and painting robot programming at ISAN\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISAN is a Czech radiator manufacturer that has been&nbsp;operating&nbsp;on the market since 1953, producing a wide range of designer radiators, convectors, and ceiling panels.&nbsp;To enhance their surface treatment, they integrated a new robotic painting line from&nbsp;Surfin,&nbsp;utilizing&nbsp;ABB robots to apply powder paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-caption-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Bottleneck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-3-font-size\">The moving target of powder coating radiators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coating complex radiator geometries requires reaching deep into corners, which becomes incredibly difficult when the products never stop moving on a continuous production line.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The challenge of a moving line<\/strong><br>Programming an ABB robot to accurately track and paint products while they are in continuous motion along a conveyor traditionally requires&nbsp;highly complex&nbsp;engineering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Limits of parametric programming<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Standard parametric programming often struggles to correctly apply powder paint to critical areas, such as tight corners and hard-to-reach spots on designer bathroom radiators.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Costly line stoppages<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Typically, teaching a robot a new trajectory requires halting the conveyor, disrupting the factory&#8217;s continuous&nbsp;operation&nbsp;and killing daily output.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-caption-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Solution<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seamless conveyor tracking&nbsp;with&nbsp;RoboTeach&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Native conveyor tracking<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;RoboTwin&nbsp;system enables operators to&nbsp;teach trajectories directly on moving products. The generated data is fully compatible with the robot&#8217;s conveyor&nbsp;tracking&#8217;mode, automatically adapting the path to the current speed of the line.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flawless powder coating in tight corners<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>By physically&nbsp;demonstrating&nbsp;the process, painters can easily create complex robotic programs that perfectly cover&nbsp;critical areas and internal radiator geometries&nbsp;that traditional&nbsp;method often&nbsp;misses.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zero production downtime<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>With&nbsp;RoboTeach, there is no need to stop the factory. The robot programming&nbsp;can be done anywhere, allowing new trajectories to be taught and recorded during full line operation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISAN is a Czech radiator manufacturer that has been&nbsp;operating&nbsp;on the market since 1953, producing a wide range of designer radiators, convectors, and ceiling panels.&nbsp;To enhance their surface treatment, they integrated a new robotic painting line from&nbsp;Surfin,&nbsp;utilizing&nbsp;ABB robots to apply powder paint. The Bottleneck The moving target of powder coating radiators Coating complex radiator geometries requires [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1077,"menu_order":0,"template":"","success_story_category":[37],"class_list":["post-1075","success_story","type-success_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","success_story_category-painting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/success_story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"success_story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robotwin.cz\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story_category?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}