Currently, I am using the robot holds the workpiece and pushes it into a static sanding machine (polishing process). The challenging part when polishing T-section workpieces is the polishing internal corners. When polishing the inside of the flange, the grinding belt touches the vertical part scratching it. In addition, there is a risk for making the sharp edges round. programming of industrial robot sanding can be quite complex It take a long time to program the waypoints for these tasks, especially when sanding over curved surfaces.
Alternatively, I am planning to inverse the process so that the polishing tool will be mounted on robot and the workpiece will be fixed.
The programming of robot movements is often still time-consuming and complicated today. Even extremely complex paths can be intuitively created, modified and reused with CAD to PATH within the shortest time. the 3D model, which was created of the workpiece’s CAD data. The path automatically adjusts itself on the surface of the workpiece and can be exported robot-independently and carried out immediately.
In my automation process, I am looking for a suitable option. The idea would be to import the 3D model of our client’s parts and simulate a paths that will follow with the end of the tool, a complex edge of the parts.
I’ve been searching for neither to use commercial software nor expensive solution. Do you know if it is possible?