COLORprofi is a manufacturing powerhouse as they have variety of technologies under one roof such as welding, grinding, powder coating, spray painting, and injection moulding.They are a part of the automotive, rail and aerospace industry.
The Bottleneck
The challenge of automating large-scale sanding
Traditional methods for setting up robotic surface treatments can be tedious, especially when dealing with large rail or aerospace parts that require consistent finishes.
- Complex tool paths
Standard FANUC robot programming for intricate surface treatments, like Sanding Body Filler technology, is often rigid and time-consuming. - Large product dimensions
Programming a precise grinding trajectory for a product with a size of 1.4 x 1.07 m requires extensive coding that drains engineering resources.
The Solution
Six months of proven RoboTeach performance
- FANUC robot programming made easier
RoboTeach for grinding was tested directly in the production of COLORprofi for six months to simplify their setup process.
- No-code robot programming
The RoboTwin system tracked the human motion, translating the craft directly to the FANUC M-710iC 45M robot using an eccentric sander tool by Mirka® AIROS 650CV.
- Rapid trajectory generation
Instead of manual progamming, the operator demonstrates the movement. The length of the generated program for the 1.4 x 1.07 m product was 10 minutes, completely bypassing traditional robot programming bottlenecks.
