ABB Robotics - Painting wind turbine rotor blades
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Enercon has installed two ABB robots in its new paint facilities for painting rotor blades. This is the first installation of its kind, able to complete the entire finishing process on large dimension rotor components.
Finishing consists of two layers: The first layer is the gel coat. . The ABB robots provides the exact amount of gel coat for the required thickness: Depending on the amount of stress on a particular area, thicknesses may vary between 0.3 mm where loads are light and 0.6 mm along the leading edge or so-called nose (part of
blade in first contact with wind) where loads are particularly high. The second layer is an environmentally
friendly water-based varnish. Colour schemes ranging from plain grey to diagonal red-white-red-grey stripes are
fully automatically coordinated without having to stop the facility in-between.
Paint and finishing robots require extremely sophisticated control systems. An even coat can only be obtained with smooth-flowing motions. This is achieved by using seven axis paint robots. The electronic control system not only coordinates the robots seven axes but at the same time monitors all the other technical parameters such as temperature, viscosity, spray pressure and the correct paint dosage, explains Torsten Link, ENERCONs expert for blade finishing.
Enercon manufacture the world's largest turbine blades with rotor diameters of over 125 meters. The paint protects the blades against the weather conditions which they are exposed to throughout their lifetime. The new robots have resulted in improved production capacity and deliver consistently high quality rotor blades.
@RobinSweden We don't use the MultiMove function for this concept (Enercon). We have developed a standard 7 axis robot and we use 6 axis to control the robot manipulator and the 7th axis to control the movement along the blade.
For the second question we use pressure sensors on the outlet of the pumps to sense possible pressure build up in the spray tip and give alarm to the operator.
I don't know whats cooler, the robots or the turbine blade :D
@RobinSweden The paint gun is opened and closed using compressed air. The signal that controls the air is linked to the exact location in the robots path where it is needed thereby reducing paint usage
I could watch videos like theese for hours, more plz :)
@tomcokis The very special coating helps the blades resist the elements when it has to be outside for 50 plus years.
@davepamn The cycle time for the manufacture of the blade itself dictates the number of robots required to balance that cycle. In this case it is two.
Very good video. This gives excellent quality of coating. What is approximate cost?
When painting the long rotors wouldn't it be quicker for the robots to spray in long longitudinal stripes rather than lateral ones?
@ABB robotics Wich system is used for positoning of the rotor in the combiboth?
wouldnt eloctrostatic bell application be more efficent?
@ABBrobotics: Hi, do you have any robots which can 3D scan the product and then do the painting since in our industry, CAD to reality the tolerance is comparatively high
Is that what you call multimove? How do the robots handle stop in the spray-tip?
I like robots......for now
Just for information, how wide is this paint cabin (wall to wall?)
@deniskatashkentskiy Oh no we are not robots. There are real people back here.
hello, what model of abb robots are they, i need for a project for my degree.
How many years do i have to save, to buy one of this things?
ok how many hours writing code ?
If Honda built turbine blades, thee would be 50 robots painting is. Honda plants pack more robots in a cell than any other manufacturer of ANYTHING anywhere. Most car manufacturers have robots applying 60-90 spot welds per robot. Honda has rack robot applying about 20. But it's like I say, more equipment in manufacturing, more problems. (Currently, no North American Honda plant is meeting daily production)
ABBRobotics, I am talking to this nickname hoping it's human. Or are you a robot too?
less than a week for one guy( offline programmation). It's easy to do with robcad or robotsudio. Specialy here, with a trolley and it's stop and go... You need just be carreful of interference between robot... It's really more complicate to paint a bumper
Adding more robots wont solve this one. Everything along the line would have to upgraded to keep the speed. There is also running costs, it's probably greener to spray with two robots, the paint booth wouldn't fill with chemicals which would need more filtering etc. The whole process of adding more robots has exponential implications on everything involved in a production lifecycle. For welding etc, thats fine, but sometimes you can't just add more robots. Also paint dry times, etc.
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Lefty wins!
The robots were cooler than the blade
Why use two robots and not ten?
@ABBRobotics ahhhhh
Isn't it a bit of a waste painting the thing?
A companies only purpose is to be greedy. Dont complain when it is.
If Honda built turbine b
Professional looking video but almost ridiculous productivity. Why would ABB use such a small spray device? It's like painting a house with a small brush. Come on ABB, use a 30mm bell and estats and get it done.