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PAINT & POWDER
Yaskawa Motoman provides robot
solution for new automated paint centre
The latest example of Motion Control and
Robotics specialists YASKAWA MOTOMAN’s
expansion into new manufacturing
applications is their involvement in a
new state-of-the-art automated robotic
painting technical centre in Derby. The
new centre represents a highly advanced
automated painting solution as a result of
collaboration between the centre’s owners
Peak Contracts Ltd, along with Yaskawa
and paint supplier Graco.
The centre offers the flexibility of a full turnkey solution for those
requiring either a new automated facility, or the ability to upgrade to
a current manual or automatic installation and enables customers to
apply both solvent and water based paints using Yaskawa Motoman’s
painting robot and the Graco ProBell.
An important focus of the technical centre is its support of the full
turnkey approach. This includes; painting robots, electrostatics, rotary
atomisers, air guns, up to 3k auto mix, paint mix and supply,
complete booths, conveyor systems, 3D programming, safety
planning and ATEX. Also, it can be used to provide customer training
in all aspects of automated painting, from mixing and paint supply,
through to robot programming and maintenance.
The engineers at Peak Contracts will work with 3D offline
programming to understand the Yaskawa Motoman robot
requirement in terms of reach and available cycle time. The 3D
models which can be imported into Yaskawa MotoSim enable rapid
reach studies and robot programming. This enables customers to
choose from the wide range of Yaskawa robots to ensure the most
suitable and cost-effective solution for each application.
The in-house design team will then be able to establish a booth
design to house the required robots and equipment, together with the
controls department to size and design any conveyor system of
handling equipment required for the turnkey solution.
Peak Contracts offer full paint trials in the new centre and working
together with paint supply companies and the customer means that
the full set of painting parameters can be tested helping to establish
film builds, appearance and laydowns of the desired coating. The
various settings of the Yaskawa robots, such as path speed, tool
centre point and atomiser settings can be calculated and approved
together with all stakeholders in the project.
Commenting on the collaboration with Peak Contracts, UK Sales &
Marketing Manager Jonny Grey said, “Yaskawa Motoman offers
manufacturers a wide range of robotic solutions for today’s
automated paint finishing applications as demonstrated by this
successful collaboration with Peak Contracts and their paint delivery
partner Graco”.
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For more details you can visit:
www.yaskawa.co.uk
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