ABB IRB 5002 Hollow-Wrist Electric Painting Robot for Motorcycle Painting

Article From legacy.roboticsonline.com

Brief Summary:

The painting of motorcycle gas tanks and fenders can present a challenge due to their curved shapes, finishing requirements and materials. Most manufacturers have selected ABB Paint Automation's ABB IRB 5002 hollow-wrist electric painting robot for use in their paint spraying booths.

Each line is furnished with two enclosed, opposing paint spray booths with an ABB IRB 5002 hollow-wrist electric painting robot in each.
Mounting the robot manipulator on a riser allows the IRB 5002 to effectively reach over and across the parts thus optimizing its large work envelope.
The highly articulated hollow-wrist design allows the robot to spray back toward itself when necessary to allow the electrostatic spray gun to follow the flowing contours of the parts.
As the part fixture moves into the robot stations, an encoder delivers pulses that are used to synchronize conveyor movement to the robot controllers.
Once in a robot station, the fixture actuates a switch that loads the proper program to the robot controller and starts the program.
Each robot is equipped with Analog Paint Regulation (APR) consisting of electro-pneumatic transducers in the vertical robot arm that control the spray gun atomization, fan, remote fluid regulator pilot air and high voltage.
During the robot program, signals are sent to the transducers that enable the gun functions to be changed to suit the surface of the part being painted.
Color change sequencing is also controlled entirely by the robot controllers.
The program start signal initiates the color change program and the robot controllers send signals to solenoid panels

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