Implementation of Industrial Robot for Painting Applications

Abstract

Robot for painting is one of the earliest applications for industrial robot, however, the precision and finishing for the painting is an important issue for any painting job. Accordingly, the aim of this project is utilize an industrial robot (ABB robot model IRB1410) for painting applications. The robot was programmed to paint alphabets using its Flexpendant. The FlexPendant was used to manually teach the robot how to follow the paths for specific targets of letters. The robot End Effector (painting tool) was chosen and mounted on the robot to perform an effective painting task. It was programmed based on its functionality. Finally suitable painting environment was designing. Two software packages were used in this project. The Computer Aided Design (CAD) of the system work-objects and end effector was programmed based on Solidworks software. Robotstudio Software used to program the paths and target of the alphabets to be painted by the IRB1400 Robot which generate a RAPID GUI code used for robot interfacing. The final results demonstrate that implementation such system helps to boost the quality of painting, reduce paint consumption and improve safety.