Station for automating the lamination process of the hulls of yachts, boats and sailing boats
Basic equipment
- 6-axis robot
- Guideway with dust covers
- Steel supporting structure of the guideway with a robot
- Two axial positioners with coupling mechanism of the hull transport cart
- Control cabinet
- Tools for resin coating and rolling including head with strain gauge and roller
- Protective fencing of 4,5 x 23 x 2 m size, with sliding gate and three doors
- Openings and rails positioning the hull transport cart in a right place
Charactieristics
- The basic functionality of the equipment is rolling of the soaked fibreglass with a tool attached to the robot's arm .
- The equipment is constructed in a way that enables manual work in parallel with the operation of the robot, in a separate area.
- The station is manually equipped with lamination molds.
- Positioners are an additional robot axis which enables access to places difficult to reach keeping the required process parameters (tool rake angle, clamp etc.).
- Device control provided by Siemens S7-1500
- Air service unit, pneumatic valves and other pneumatics-related components based on SMC solutions
- Complies with safety requirements regarding operation in an explosion hazard zone – zone no 2.
- Overall dimensions of the equipment including protective fencing amount to approx. 4,5 x 23 x 4 m
Suggested run time
- Pre-soaking of the hull area 1. by the employees
- Rolling of the pre-soaked hull area 1. by the robot, pre-soaking of hull area 2 by the employees
- Rolling fo the pre-soaked hull area 2. by the robot, pre-soaking of hull area 1 by the employees
- Cycle is repeated alternately until the whole programmed area of the hull is treated.
