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Taikisha - Paint Surface Preparation System
Prior to the paint booth, Encore offers several types of surface prep and cleaning systems, including automated feather duster, blow-off, sanding/buffing (wet & dry), and water blast systems. Automated Feather Duster: Using Encore engineered and designed standard machines and robot mounted assemblies Encore offers an extensive assortment of custom feather duster systems for a wide variety of vehicle and product sizes. Current systems range from full robotic feather dusters with optional integrated hoods to floor mounted hood assemblies. Encore standard single column articulating machines can be provided in clean wall or in booth design with servo controlled articulating axis or manual adjusted fixed machines.
A combination of both robotic and fixed machine feather dusting systems can offer the most flexible design for complex requirements. Encore also offers a unique hoodless truck box interior robotic feather duster. Removing the hood allows the feather rolls to get into areas which would be inhibited by the presence of a hood. Instead a fixed hood is mounted alongside the robot allowing the rolls to be cleaned between boxes. Encore also manufactures in house all the Ostrich feather rolls for the Encore systems as well as any replacement feather rolls for existing feather duster systems.
- Some of the features in Encore standard product solutions include:
- All bearings are sealed for life
- Multi axis servo motors with intelligent drives
- Integrated resolvers for accurate position feedback
- Monitoring of the de-static bar
- PLC based with PC or Panel view Graphical User Interfaces
- Roller rotation speed is adjustable (20-80 RPM)
- Single column overhead beam has collision avoidance photo eyes
- No compressed air requirements
- Ability to be combined with blow off systems for more effective cleaning.
- Blow-off: Using Encore engineered and designed standard machines and robot mounted assemblies Encore offers an extensive assortment of custom blow off systems for a wide variety of vehicle and product sizes. Blow off systems typically fan driven, electro-statically charged, to remove dirt and foreign particles from the surface of parts prior to painting. There are a variety of options on blow off systems, including: Stationary (fixed) or Machine/Robotic. Machine configurations are of various sizes and complexities, High/low volume, high/low velocity air, Compressed or fan driven air, PC based or PLC based visualization systems, PLC based with PC or Panel view Graphical User Interfaces, Clean Wall or In-booth Design, Vacuum collection and/or booth collection of dirt.
- Sanding & Buffing: Encore robotic sanding and buffing systems utilize the Encore multi-headed tool as well as off the shelf sanding equipment to provide robotic sanding and/or buffing to the full exterior surface of vehicles as well as vehicle components/parts: The Encore system integrates automatic paper changers to remove, replace and validate paper changes. Dust removal systems can also be integrated to remove residual material left behind the sanding process. Encore systems offer automatic tool change capabilities to provide additional flexibility for the sanding process. When combined with defect detection the entire process of seek and finesse can be totally automated.
- Water Blast: Encore water blasting systems utilize off-the-shelf proven technology for water blasting cleaning of carriers and components for a wide variety of configurations and water blasting requirements.
Taikisha USA & Encore Automation offer a comprehensive portfolio of surface preparation and surface cleaning systems for any industrial paint line.
Currently in use at:
- FCA: Nineteen (19) surface prep installations
- General Motors, Corvette: One (1) prime wet sand installation
- Harley Davidson: One (1) surface prep system
- The Boeing Company: Two (2) projects
- Fender Guitar: One (1) installation