摘要 |
The repair of the finish on an automobile during an assembly-line (16, 24, 40, 50) finishing operation is performed by determining in which zones of the automobile body (14) finish repairs are necessary, returning the automobile body to the finish- application line, and actuating those finish dispensing devices to dispense finish material upon those zones in which repairs are necessary. The line includes finish application sections (16, 40) and baking/drying sections (24, 50). At the outlet ends (28, 32) of each section (24, 50) inspection zones (56, 70) are provided, those bodies requiring repair being recycled through sections (16, 40) via masking stations (62, 74). Repair information is fed to the sections (16, 40) via data terminals (64, 78) and programmable controllers (22, 44). <IMAGE> |