The Benefits of Coating Robots

Paint and coat­ing robots are no longer a cost­ly pur­chase. Instead, they are high­ly afford­able for even small indus­tri­al mar­kets. Coat­ing robots can help indus­tri­al users increase com­pet­i­tive­ness, prod­uct qual­i­ty, and work­man safe­ty. Fur­ther, they reduce the envi­ron­men­tal impact of spray­ing coat­ing materials.

Robots increase a company’s com­pet­i­tive edge. The repeata­bil­i­ty of auto­mat­ed spray­ing is para­mount; once a robot is pro­grammed, it coats mil­lions of parts with­out vari­a­tion. The stan­dard paint sav­ings when using robots as opposed to man­u­al painters is 15 – 30%. This is achieved by film thick­ness tol­er­ance and trig­ger accu­ra­cy. Film thick­ness tol­er­ance of plus or minus .2 mils are stan­dard with robot­ics. This reduces paint loss­es of over-spray­ing or rep­e­ti­tion with under-spray­ing. Trig­ger accu­ra­cy decreas­es paint loss due to paint being sprayed in the air when the trig­ger is on.

Increased and more con­sis­tent prod­uct qual­i­ty is a major ben­e­fit of coat­ing automa­tion. The fin­ish­ing qual­i­ty is increased when a robot does the coat­ing. Humans sim­ply do not have the con­sis­ten­cy or reli­a­bil­i­ty that an auto­mat­ed robot does. Through­put will be increased, and the amount of wast­ed prod­ucts will decrease.

Many paint spray envi­ron­ments are haz­ardous to the work­men who occu­py them. Chem­i­cals used in the paints are unhealthy to breathe. Fur­ther, spray­ing in a repet­i­tive motion could lead to a stress injury. Employ­ees can be moved to safer, less volatile posi­tions and allow robots to work in the harm­ful envi­ron­ments instead.

Coat­ing robots are envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly. The car­bon foot­print impact might soon be legal­ly mea­sured, and robots ensure a small one. Addi­tion­al ener­gy sav­ings are gained, reaped from a soft­er spray pat­tern using less paint flow vol­ume than would be nec­es­sary with a man­u­al work­er. This equals more paint sav­ings and less VOC exhaust.

Robots​.com offers new and used coat­ing robots at a reduced price and can talk through all the ben­e­fits and how to save time and mon­ey with them. Con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881 for more information.