Applications / Painting & Dispensing
Industrial Paint Robots

Yaskawa Motoman offers manufacturers a wide range of robotic painting products and technology. Our flexible, high-performance paint robots increase finishing quality, consistency and throughput, while dramatically lowering operating costs and decreasing wasted material.

Robotic Painting Process

Complex parts can be challenging to paint. With robotic automation, the spraying process can be fine-tuned to maintain quality and throughput.

Paint Gas Cylinder
Paint Clear Coat
Doolim Paint Application
 

Additional Paint-line Subprocesses

Painting and coating typically consists of multiple operations before and after the actual coating process. While operations vary with the application, we have listed several of the most common paint-line subprocesses below:

Part Fabrication - Arc Welding

Part Fabrication

Before a part is painted, it is often fabricated in another area. Our robots are used for a wide range of fabrication operations, including arc welding, spot welding, forming or bending and machining or grinding.

Yaskawa Part Preparation

Part Preparation

Parts nearly always require preparation. This includes finishing by sanding, buffing or polishing. Parts often need to be cleaned or etched prior to painting. Our application-specific industrial robots are used extensively in all of these operations.

Part Presenting

Part Presentation

For industrial paint operations, parts can be presented in a batch tote, bin or on a flat conveyor. Our MotoSight™ robotic vision products can help locate the parts so that the robot can pick them up precisely and consistently.

Paint Consistency

Paint Performance Testing

Manufacturers often evaluate paint performance on test panels or speed shapes via robotic automation. The use of robots provides greater flexibility, as well as providing easy-to-use operation.

Coating Process

Coating Process

Paint application is often a multi-step process. Our solutions support:

  • 1 or 2 component
  • Water base
  • Electrostatic spray
  • Powder coat
  • Wax spray
  • Undercoating and sound deadener
  • Adhesives and sealants
Glue Dispensing

Applicator Types

Applicator types supported by our products:

  • Standard spray atomizers, airless and air-assisted airless
  • High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP)
  • Electrostatic
  • Powder coat
  • Bell guns (rotary atomizers)
  • Powder applicators
  • Swirl gun
Robot Paint Curing

Curing

After the coating is applied, it must be cured. This takes time or by applying heat or ultraviolet light. The curing process is often done on rack or conveyors, after the coating process.

Yaskawa Part Handling

Part Handling

After the coating is cured, parts can be removed from the rack or conveyor. We have a broad range of material handling robots that can move the parts to the next process.

Robot Vision and Inspection

Vision Inspection

Machine vision ensures consistent quality. MotoSight products have all the necessary inspection and data analysis tools for part inspection.

Motoman Paint Robots
 

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