EP4232204A1 - Betriebsverfahren für eine beschichtungsanlage und entsprechend angepasste beschichtungsanlage - Google Patents
Betriebsverfahren für eine beschichtungsanlage und entsprechend angepasste beschichtungsanlageInfo
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- EP4232204A1 EP4232204A1 EP21794116.0A EP21794116A EP4232204A1 EP 4232204 A1 EP4232204 A1 EP 4232204A1 EP 21794116 A EP21794116 A EP 21794116A EP 4232204 A1 EP4232204 A1 EP 4232204A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
- B05B12/08—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged, of ambient medium or of target ; responsive to condition of spray devices or of supply means, e.g. pipes, pumps or their drive means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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- B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
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- G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
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Definitions
- the invention relates to an operating method for a coating system (e.g. painting system) for coating components (e.g. motor vehicle body components) using an applicator (e.g. print head) which is guided by a coating robot. Furthermore, the invention relates to a correspondingly adapted coating system. The invention relates in particular to coating methods in which little or no overspray is produced and coating systems which use application systems which produce little or no overspray.
- a coating system e.g. painting system
- an applicator e.g. print head
- the vehicle body components to be painted are usually conveyed through the painting system along a painting line and painted in a number of successive painting stations.
- a quality control to monitor the quality of the paint applied. This quality control can be done visually by people or by means of camera-based systems that use a combination of a camera and a structured light projector.
- a disadvantage of this known type of quality check is the fact that the quality check only takes place at the end of the painting line, so that if a fault recurs, a large number of motor vehicle body components may be affected by the fault and then have to be repaired at great expense.
- the object of the invention is therefore to improve quality control in a coating installation.
- This object is achieved by an operating method according to the invention for a coating system and by a correspondingly adapted coating system according to the invention.
- the operating method according to the invention also includes a test operation for quality assurance in addition to the actual coating operation for coating the components (e.g. motor vehicle body components).
- the testing operation on the one hand and the coating operation on the other hand are therefore preferably separated from one another, for example in terms of time.
- the test operation includes a number of steps that are carried out one after the other, with the individual steps initially only being briefly described below in order to enable a basic understanding of the invention.
- a test sample is initially specified, which is to be applied to a test surface.
- the test pattern can be specified as a graphic in file form in a standard graphic format.
- the test pattern can generally be a graphic, an area or a partial area of an object or an area filled with a pattern and with a continuous border.
- the test pattern is a barcode or a QR code.
- test surface can be, for example, a hidden surface on the component to be coated (e.g. automobile body component) or the surface of a separate part (e.g. paper tape from a paper roll), as will be described in more detail below.
- component to be coated e.g. automobile body component
- a separate part e.g. paper tape from a paper roll
- control signals for controlling the coating system are then determined, the control signals being determined from the specified test pattern and the coating system should be controlled during operation in such a way that the applicator applies the test pattern to the applies test surface.
- the control signals preferably include different signals that are used to control the coating robot, the applicator and/or other components (eg conveyor technology, paint supply) of the coating system, as will also be described in detail below.
- the control signals can define switching times of coating agent valves, with the switching times determining at which point on the component surface a jet of coating agent is to be switched on or off.
- the coating system is then controlled with the previously determined control signals so that the coating system applies the specified test pattern to the test surface.
- the applied test pattern corresponds perfectly with the specified test pattern, which, however, can hardly be realized.
- An image of the test pattern applied to the test surface is then recorded using a sensor, which can be a camera, for example.
- the deviation between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern actually applied on the other hand is determined.
- These discrepancies between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern actually applied on the other hand can be, for example, spatters, dropouts, gaps between adjacent coating medium webs, the applicator was switched on too early or the applicator was switched off too early, with the various error cases still being discussed be described in detail.
- Correction values for the control signals are then determined as a function of the deviation determined in this way between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern actually applied on the other. For example, if the error is that the applicator is switched on too early, then the correction value is a time delay of the switch-on point.
- the controller can also clean the application device. räts or initiate a flushing process. The test sample can then be applied again. The controller can also abort the painting process as a result of the evaluation of the test pattern
- the operating method according to the invention preferably also includes a coating operation that follows the testing operation and also includes a number of steps that are briefly described below.
- a coating program for coating the components is initially specified, with such coating programs being well known from the prior art and therefore not having to be described separately.
- coating programs can be "taught” by the operator of a paint shop, as is well known from the prior art.
- Control signals are then derived from the specified coating program, which are used to control the coating system.
- the control signals can be used to control the applicator and the coating robot.
- the control signals also include signals for controlling other components of the coating system, such as the conveyor technology and the paint supply.
- control signals determined from the coating program are then corrected in accordance with the correction values that were previously determined in the preceding test operation.
- the coating installation is then controlled in the coating operation with the corrected control signals. If, for example, the applicator is switched on with an undesired delay (i.e. too late) when painting a coating line, the correction values ensure that it is switched on at the right time in the actual coating operation.
- applicator used within the scope of the invention is to be understood in general terms and is not limited to a specific type of applicator.
- the applicator can be an atomizer (eg rotary atomizer, air atomizer, air-mix atomizer, airless atomizer) that has a spatially extended Spray jet of the coating agent emits.
- atomizer eg rotary atomizer, air atomizer, air-mix atomizer, airless atomizer
- spray jet of the coating agent emits.
- Such atomizers are per se from the state of
- the applicator is a nozzle applicator which has a plurality of nozzles which each emit a jet of coating medium.
- a nozzle applicator can have more than 5, 10 or more than 20 nozzles.
- the individual nozzles of the nozzle applicator can be controlled independently of one another in the preferred embodiment of the invention, i.e. the jets of coating agent from the individual nozzles can be switched on or off independently of one another.
- the individual jets of coating agent can be connected in the direction of the jet or can consist of several separate droplets of coating agent that are separated from one another in the longitudinal direction of the jet.
- the individual jets of coating agent from the nozzles of the nozzle applicator are preferably aligned parallel to one another.
- Such a nozzle applicator usually differs from an atomizer by a relatively small jet widening angle of the individual coating medium jets, with the jet widening angle being able to be smaller than 30°, 20°, 10°, 5° or 2°.
- An advantage of such nozzle applicators is the significantly higher application efficiency compared to atomizers, so that the nozzle applicator can work essentially free of overspray, for example with an application efficiency of at least 90%, 95% or even at least 98%.
- Such nozzle applicators are used in modern painting systems for overspray-free painting and are also referred to there as print heads.
- the coating agent can be a paint that can be water-based or solvent-based.
- the coating agent eg paint
- the coating agent can be a 1K coating agent or a 2K coating agent.
- the coating agent can be an adhesive, a UV varnish, an adhesion promoter, a primer or pasty materials, sealants or insulating materials, to name just a few examples.
- correction values for the control signals for controlling the coating system are determined as part of the test operation. These correction values preferably relate to the activation of the applicator.
- control signals can define switching times for switching the applicator on or off, in particular individually for the individual nozzles of the nozzle applicator.
- the correction values can then define a positive or negative switching delay, for example, so that the nozzles are switched on or off as precisely as possible at the specified switching time in real coating operation.
- the correction values can be defined individually for the individual nozzles of the nozzle applicator. In the case of a nozzle applicator with, for example, ten nozzles, a correction value can be defined for each of the nozzles. In this case, the correction values for the individual nozzles can be different and, for example, compensate for component variations in the associated nozzle valves.
- the correction values determined as part of the test operation can also relate to the activation of the coating robot. It should be mentioned here that the correction values preferably relate to both the activation of the applicator and the activation of the coating robot. However, the invention also claims protection for such variants of the invention in which the correction values relate only to the activation of the applicator or only to the activation of the coating robot.
- the correction values for the individual path points of a painting path can define a change in the spatial position and/or the spatial alignment of the applicator.
- the usual coating programs usually define painting paths that are to be traversed from the paint impact point of the applicator used, the painting paths being specified by a number of path points as support points.
- the spatial position and/or the spatial alignment of the applicator can then be specified in the individual path points.
- the correction values can then define a change in the spatial position and/or the spatial orientation of the applicator at the respective path point.
- test surface should be on the surface to be coated component can be located.
- applying the test sample to the test surface then leads to an actually undesired coating on the component.
- this is not a problem if the test area is on a hidden part of the component to be coated that cannot be seen during normal operation.
- test surface on the component to be coated is painted over in the actual coating operation, so that the test sample is then no longer visible and is therefore also not disruptive.
- test surface is located on the component to be coated at a point that is covered by an add-on part (e.g. panel) or by a built-in part (e.g. dashboard, seat) in the finished state, so that the test sample applied Appearance of quality of the finished coated component is not affected, since the test sample is then covered by the built-in part or the add-on part.
- an add-on part e.g. panel
- a built-in part e.g. dashboard, seat
- test substrate can be a test panel that is coated with the test specimen during the test operation and then disposed of.
- test substrate is designed in such a way that it can be cleaned of the test specimen after the test specimen has been applied, for example by wiping the test specimen off the test substrate.
- test substrate is a tape (e.g. paper tape) that is unwound from a roll of tape.
- tape e.g. paper tape
- several test samples can be applied one after the other, with the tape having to be unwound a little from the roll of tape so that the next test sample can then be applied to the tape.
- a sensor records an image of the test pattern applied to the test surface.
- This sensor can be, for example, a camera that optionally records individual images or videos, with the camera being able to work, for example, with a frame rate of less than 60 frames per second, 30 frames per second or 10 frames per second.
- a stripe light projector which projects a stripe light pattern onto the test surface, to illuminate the test pattern applied to the test surface. Strip light projectors of this type are known per se from the prior art and therefore do not have to be described separately.
- the sensor can also be a combination device consisting of a structured light projector and a camera.
- the senor is also used for other tasks, such as, for example, detecting the position of an object in three-dimensional space.
- the sensor can be mounted on the robot, e.g. on a wrist axis.
- the test operation according to the invention therefore does not necessarily require an additional sensor. Rather, a sensor can also be used for the testing operation, which is present in any case and is used, for example, in the coating operation.
- the analysis of the image recorded by the sensor (e.g. camera) of the test pattern applied to the test surface also enables the detection of malfunctions of the applicator, which is possible with a nozzle applicator individually for the individual nozzles of the applicator.
- the following malfunctions of the applicator can be detected:
- the droplet size of the interfering drops can also be determined by image evaluation within the scope of the invention.
- the correction values can then be determined as a function of the droplet size.
- a rinsing and/or cleaning process can also be activated when disruptive drops are detected will.
- an image evaluation of the test sample is used to determine from which nozzle of the applicator the disruptive droplet was emitted.
- the opening duration of that nozzle from which the interfering droplet was emitted can then be corrected. If, for example, the nozzle applicator has ten nozzles and the image evaluation of the test pattern shows that the disruptive droplet was emitted from nozzle no. 4, the opening time for nozzle no interfering droplets are discharged from nozzle no.
- the image generated by the sensor can include the entire test pattern.
- the deviation between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern on the other hand is preferably determined as a function of the complete image.
- the sensor e.g. camera
- the sensor only captures an image of a part of the test sample, for example at the corners and edges of the test sample.
- the deviation between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern on the other hand is only determined in these parts of the test pattern.
- the sensor described above for capturing an image of the test pattern on the test surface also enables the position and/or alignment of the components to be coated to be determined by the sensor during the coating operation. This can be used in the actual coating operation to adjust the control signals for controlling the coating system.
- the operating method according to the invention was described above, specifically the testing operation according to the invention on the one hand and the actual coating operation on the other.
- the invention also claims protection for a correspondingly adapted coating system for coating components, which can be, for example, a painting system for painting motor vehicle body components.
- the coating system according to the invention includes, first of all, in accordance with the stand the art an applicator for applying a coating agent, which can be, for example, a rotary atomizer or a print head, as already explained above.
- a coating agent which can be, for example, a rotary atomizer or a print head, as already explained above.
- the coating system according to the invention also includes a coating robot which, during operation, moves the applicator over the components to be coated.
- a coating robot which, during operation, moves the applicator over the components to be coated.
- this can be a multi-axis coating robot with, for example, six or seven robot axes and serial robot kinematics.
- the term coating robot used in the context of the invention is to be understood in general and also includes manipulators, such as a linear axis system with two or three axes (X-Y or X-Y-Z) and combinations of a multi-axis robot with a linear axis system.
- the coating system according to the invention also includes a sensor (e.g. camera) for checking the quality of the coating applied to the components.
- a sensor e.g. camera
- the operation of the coating system is controlled by a control unit, as is known per se from the prior art, with the operation of the control unit being specified by a control program.
- the coating system according to the invention is distinguished from the prior art in that the stored control program is designed in such a way that the coating system executes the operating method according to the invention described above.
- the senor e.g. camera
- the applicator e.g. print head
- the orientation and position of the sensor are fixed relative to the applicator.
- the camera used as a sensor has a specific recording area, whereby the recording area of the camera should include the paint impact point of the applicator. This makes sense so that the camera can capture the applied test pattern immediately when it is applied.
- FIG. 1 shows a flow chart to illustrate the test operation of the operating method according to the invention
- Figure 2 shows a flow chart to clarify the actual coating operation, which follows the test operation
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a coating system according to the invention
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation to clarify the possibilities for checking errors and their corrections with a test pattern.
- Figures 5A-5D various schematic representations to clarify the application of a target geometry on a component surface
- FIGS. 6A-6H show schematic representations of various possible error cases when applying a target geometry to a component surface
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic representation of the sensor field of view with applied test pattern and corrections resulting therefrom.
- FIG. 8 shows an exemplary table containing the correction values for the values determined from FIG.
- a test pattern is initially specified.
- the test pattern can be a graphic that is defined in the form of a graphic file in a common graphic format.
- control signals are then calculated, which are used to determine the test pattern to bring up.
- the control signals are calculated from the test sample and are used to control the coating system and in particular the applicator and the coating robot that guides the applicator.
- the control signals can define the switching times of coating agent valves, with the switching times determining at which point a jet of coating agent is to be switched on or off.
- the coating system is then controlled with the control signals calculated in this way, so that the coating system applies the test pattern to a test surface without errors in the case of completely error-free operation.
- the test area can be, for example, a non-visible part of the surface of the component to be coated or a separate test substrate, such as a paper tape that is unwound from a paper roll, as will be described in detail below.
- a step S5 the recorded image of the test pattern is analyzed in order to identify deviations between the recorded image of the test pattern on the one hand and the specified test pattern on the other.
- test sample is acceptable.
- step S6 a branch is then made to a step S8, in which the control signals for the coating operation are enabled, the coating operation being described in detail later.
- step S6 If, on the other hand, the check in step S6 shows that the deviations between the specified test pattern on the one hand and the recorded image of the test pattern on the other hand are outside the tolerance range, then the test pattern is unacceptable. In this case, there is a transition from step S6 to step S7. Correction values for the control signals are then calculated in step S7 and the control signals are corrected accordingly.
- step S3 a return is then made to step S3 in a loop. This loop is repeated until the check in step S6 shows that the test pattern is acceptable or a maximum number of checks is reached. The corrected control signals are then finally released in step S8.
- a coating program is initially specified, which controls the operation of the coating system.
- the coating program defines the course of a painting path that is to be traversed from the paint impact point of the applicator, with the painting path being defined by a number of path points (interpolation points).
- the programming ("teaching") of such coating programs is known per se from the prior art and therefore does not need to be described in more detail.
- control signals for controlling the coating system are then derived from the control program.
- control signals are then corrected in accordance with the correction values that were previously determined in the test mode.
- the control signals define switching times for switching on the individual nozzles of the nozzle applicator.
- the correction values can then define a positive or negative switching delay for the individual nozzles so that the individual nozzles are switched on or off as precisely as possible at the desired positions.
- the corrections can also directly influence the movement of the applicator and thus adapt the paint line accordingly.
- step S4 the coating system is then controlled with the corrected control signals, so that the components are coated.
- FIG. 3 shows a greatly simplified schematic representation of a coating system according to the invention, which is of largely conventional design.
- the coating system according to the invention thus has a multi-axis coating robot 1 with serial robot kinematics and a multi-axis robot hand axis, the robot hand axis carrying a camera 2 on the one hand and a print head 3 on the other as an applicator.
- the coating system has a control unit 4 that controls the coating robot 1 according to a predetermined coating program.
- the control unit 4 is also connected to the print head 3 and controls the switching on and off of the individual nozzles of the print head 3.
- the control unit 4 is also connected to the camera 2 and thus captures the image that is recorded by the camera 2.
- the drawing shows a paper roll 5 from which a paper tape 6 can be unwound.
- the paper tape 6 forms a test substrate for applying the test pattern, as was described above with reference to FIG.
- the print head 3 thus applies the test pattern to the paper tape 6, with the camera 2 recording an image of the test pattern applied.
- the control unit 4 can then analyze the image and calculate correction values for the control signals, as detailed above.
- a painting line contains at least one switching-on process of at least one nozzle of the applicator. Furthermore, a painting line contains at least one switching-off process of at least one nozzle of the applicator.
- FIG. 4 shows a test pattern in which nozzles No. 1 to No. 5 of the applicator are switched on a paint lane.
- the vertical dashed lines show the switch-on point and the switch-off point of the individual nozzles of the print head according to the uncorrected control signals.
- the individual nozzles should open when passing the dashed line on the left and then close again when passing the next dashed line on the right.
- nozzle no. 1 of the applicator is switched on too late, but is designed at the right time.
- Nozzle #2 of the applicator turns on at the right time for this lane, but turns off too soon.
- Nozzle No. 3 of the applicator is switched on too late and switched off again too soon for this paint lane.
- Nozzle #4 of the applicator is turned on too early and turned off too late for this lane.
- correction signals -At e , +At e for the switch-on times and correction values -At a , +At a for the switch-off times of the nozzles are calculated for the first four nozzles, first as correction distances sk and then as corresponding time correction values - At e , +At e , -At a , +At a .
- Switching time differences -At e , +At e , -At a , +At a can be calculated from the determined correction distances sk via the known parameters (eg displacement speed v of the applicator) and stored in a table as correction values for each nozzle.
- the switch-on point and the switch-off point are corrected in accordance with this correction signal -At e , +At e , -At a , +At a , so that the nozzles are opened or closed at the correct time in the actual coating operation.
- FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate the application of a target geometry 7 which lies on a component 8 to be coated.
- application tracks 9 are used in each case applied using a number N (three in the example) of nozzles, the application paths adjoining one another and in the finished state are intended to form a continuous film of coating agent.
- transverse webs 10 , 11 are also applied to the ends of the application webs 9 in order to complete the application of the target geometry 7 .
- FIGS. 6A-6H now show various possible error cases which can be recognized and compensated for within the scope of the test operation according to the invention by corresponding correction values being calculated for the control signals.
- the application paths 9 start too early and end too late, i.e. the switch-on time of the individual nozzles is too early and the switch-off time is too late.
- disruptive spatters 12 occur at the edge of the application.
- the transverse webs 10, 11 are too short or too long.
- gaps 13 appear between the adjacent application tracks 9 .
- the transverse web 10 is too thin, while the transverse web 11 is too thick.
- misfires 14 occur within the application tracks 9 .
- compensations for the error cases can be calculated according to FIGS. 6A-6H, so that they no longer appear in the application.
- FIG. 7 shows a modification of FIG. 4 for an applicator with 13 nozzles. To avoid For repetitions, refer to the description of FIG.
- FIG. 7 also shows a camera field of view 15, which is captured by the camera during test operation.
- the table in FIG. 8 shows the associated time correction values ⁇ At e , ⁇ At a for the activation of the individual nozzles of the applicator for the test operation according to FIG.
- the invention is not limited to the preferred exemplary embodiment described above. Rather, the invention also claims protection for the subject matter and the features of the subclaims independently of the claims referred to in each case and in particular also without the features of the main claim. The invention thus comprises various aspects of the invention which are protected independently of one another. For example, the invention also claims protection for the coating operation independently of the testing operation.
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