Mobile Robot Technology
for Surface Finishing and
Paint Application
Best Practice - Hull Fairing
Mobile Robot Technology
for Surface Finishing and
Paint Application
Best Practice - Hull Fairing
Best Practice Fairing: Hull preparation and autonomous Surface Work Process
Fairing - especially the application of sprayable filler, milling, grinding and spray painting - require intense manual work today. The process of fairing a vessel has always been a product-oriented procedure, with little by way of evolution to the process itself. The common fairing process consumes high volumes of product, is applied manually and is widely considered to be labour intensive and dangerous.
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The process of fairing a vessel has always been a product-oriented procedure, with little by way of evolution to the process itself. The common fairing process consumes high volumes of product because it is applied manually. Also, it is widely considered to be very labour intensive combined with inefficient logistics and a negative effect on the environment within the process.
We are here to help. Our team consists out of experts from different industries that strive to help our clients to improve processes. The mission of our company is to create value by using automation instead of the traditional dangerous and labor intensive operation of tasks and processes. The ROBOSURF automation solutions enable you to outperform compared with traditional operations and achieve new levels of production success in many areas.
The Process
The automation of the hullwork process via ROBOSURF leads to 50% +X savings in time and cost compared
to traditional procedures (Find out more with the ROI Calculator Tool here.)
Teaching
Be it in a Co-Bot similar way of teaching or as a high precision 3D Laser-scan: the process starts with the definition of the areas of operation for the robot and the parking positions to which the robot is moved autnomously.
The 3D Scan itself can be highly recommended as part of a documentation. A filler map is derived to measure the exact calculation of material in advance as well as the measurement of the exact thickness of filler.
Especially when working on hull, the perfect final shape is respected, considering all kinds of deformations.
Sprayfiller
The use of sprayable fillers sets new standards in terms of quality and speed. Our software controls parameters so that the thickness can be defined and the inclusion of bubbles can be avoided.
The amount of sprayable filler can be calculated with a higher accuracy in advance.
If you have not already checked it, we recommend the brief article about the advantages of a filler map.
Milling
The Milling task has the highest accuracy performance. It uses vacuum for a cleaner work environment. This high precision operation uses our on- or off-line compensation software; it obtains and supports the perfect shape designed by your architects with highest precision and up to 0.2mm accuracy.
The consistency of the surface treatment via sensors leads to an even use of the sandpaper as well as a much lower consumption of the latter.
Grinding
The Grinding with force sensor is another high precision operation for a consistent quality.
By controlling the pressure, a uniform roughness is obtained without causing any kind of defects.
It uses vacuum for a cleaner work environment.
The result of each step is unique in quality and speed of execution.
“Automation with ROBOSURF definitely helps to achieve better results.”