Method of Spray Gun Path Generation Based on Z-Map Theory

Abstract:

As an advanced painting equipment, the spray-painting robot has been widely used in product painting. For the shape complexity of modern product, how to make the coating uniform has become an extremely important problem. In this paper, based on Z-map theory and the free surface’s CAD model, the free surface is fragmented into polyhedron model, and then the coordinate information and normal vectors of the painting node under the condition of equidistance painting are exacted with MATLAB program. At the end, with those coordinate information & normal vectors, the spray gun path for a random free surface could be generated and simulated automatically. Finally, based on the 3D model setup with Pro/E software, the spray gun path for a car body’s top area is generated and simulated.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 157-158)
• Pages: 558-562
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.157-158.558
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Zhan Zhong Wang, Chao Ying Liu, Lin Zhang Cheng, Xiao Ke Fan
• Keywords: Polyhedron Model, Spray Gun Path, Spray Painting Robot, Z-Map

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