AUTOMATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRECISION COATINGS APPLICATION APPARATUS

摘要

A surface of a 3-D object is digitized automatically and stored in a memory (88). Based on the signal representation, the 3-D object areas of the surface are defined for color and boundaries. Coatings application paths are defined within each area and various parameters for applying coatings for each point in each path are also defined including spray pattern, amount of coatings to be applied, speed of application along the path, among others; for each area, the points of the selected path are correlated with the angle of attack, spray pattern, amount of coatings and speed. A set of programmed instructions are compiled for execution in a general purpose computer. An assembly line of objects to be painted may then be set up and the retrieved instructions executed.