Patent · US Expired

Method of wet-sanding defective parts of coating on vehicle body and system for carrying out the method

US5394654A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1994
Grant dateMar 7, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/45082
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A coated surface on a vehicle body is visually inspected for defective parts and the defective parts found are marked with defect marks. A TV camera searches the coated surface for the defect marks and transfers data on the positions of the defect marks. A sanding robot wet-sands the marked portions of the coated surface of the vehicle body on the basis of the data given the TV camera.

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