An apparatus for depositing a radius filler, made of a homogeneous material, into a groove, formed in a workpiece comprises a chassis, first means for extruding the radius filler along an extrusion axis, second means for providing the homogeneous material to the first means, and third means for compacting the radius filler in the groove. The apparatus also comprises a first sensor configured to provide first-sensor output. The apparatus further comprises a controller, operatively coupled to the first means, the second means, and the first sensor. Based on the first-sensor output, the controller is configured to determine the first geometric characteristics of the groove. In addition, based on the first geometric characteristics, the controller is configured to control second geometric characteristics of the radius filler, extruded by the first means, as the tool center point is moved relative to the groove.

A vehicle tire dressing machine comprises a longitudinal linear guide system and a lateral linear guide system. The longitudinal linear guide system is adjacent and parallel to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, and the longitudinal linear guide system has a drive motor and is adapted for reciprocal motion thereon.

The present application discloses a coating device including: a coating gun configured to apply a coating agent to an object; a sensor device configured to form a detection area in which the coating agent is detected on the object; a bracket on which the coating gun and the sensor device are mounted; and a robot configured to hold and rotate the bracket about a predetermined first axis of rotation. When the robot rotates the bracket from a first rotational position, at which the coating gun applies the coating agent to a coating position on the object, to a second rotational position in which the bracket is angularly changed by a predetermined rotational angle about the first axis of rotation, the detection area overlaps with the coating position.

A coating device for coating a fastener with a coating material. The device includes: a distribution device for distributing the coating material, including at least one distribution nozzle; a holder for holding the fastener; a drive for causing relative movement of the fastener and of the distribution nozzle relative to one another; a controller for controlling the distribution device and able to synchronize the operation thereof in order to apply at least one line of coating material on the fastener.

An apparatus for applying a sealing and/or a coating substance to a component, in particular a vehicle body component. The apparatus includes kinematics, a spray device, and a sensor. The apparatus is configured to: a) acquire computer-aided design (CAD)-based information on the component; and in real time: b) acquire actual information on the component by the first sensor; c) create a movement profile for the kinematics and an application profile for the spray device on a basis of the CAD-based information and the actual information; and d) execute the movement profile and the application profile on the component.

Among arbitrary positions on the course of a sealing gun, a position ahead of and separated from the arbitrary position in the moving direction of the sealing gun by a given distance, where an application part falls within a given allowable size in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction on the basis of the sealing gun, is a first position, and a position where the application part is deviated from the allowable size is a second position. A control device corrects the course of the sealing gun that is defined by an operation plan, based on the shape of the application part measured in a measurement point located at the first position.

A system for applying material to a part includes an application nozzle attached to a distal end of a robotic arm, a sensor coupled to the distal end of the robotic arm, an actuator mechanically coupled to the application nozzle, and a controller in communication with the actuator and configured to receive data from the sensor and detect a feature of the substrate. The robotic arm is configured to hold the application nozzle in a fixed position and/or traverse a predefined path such that the application nozzle traverses a predefined global bead path across and spaced apart from a substrate. The controller is configured to direct the actuator to move the application nozzle independent of the distal end of the robotic arm such that a bead of material flowing out of the application nozzle is applied to the substrate along a feature-relative bead path.

A dispensing apparatus includes a frame having a gantry configured to provide movement in the X axis and Y axis directions, and first and second dispensing units coupled to the gantry and configured to dispense material onto a substrate. The second dispensing unit is coupled to the gantry by an automatic adjustment mechanism. The dispensing apparatus further includes a controller configured to control the operation of the gantry, the first dispenser, the second dispenser, and the automatic adjustment mechanism. The automatic adjustment mechanism is configured to move the second dispenser in the X axis and Y axis directions to manipulate a spacing between the first dispensing unit and the second dispensing. Methods of dispensing material on the substrate are further disclosed.

An apparatus for coating carpet webs in a coating apparatus with varying adhesives includes a controller, one or more sensors for detecting a volume of a puddle of the adhesive pooled in front of an application roller, and an electronic valve in fluid communication with each of a plurality of mixers. The electronic valve directs flow of the adhesive from any of the mixers to the coating apparatus. To switch from one of the adhesives to new adhesive as a next carpet web passes through the coating apparatus, the controller calculates a remaining length of the carpet web that can be coated with the adhesive in the puddle of adhesive based on the volume of the puddle, so that the puddle of the adhesive coats the carpet web, and then proximate a seam to the next carpet web, the new adhesive begins to coat the next carpet web.

To provide a joined member manufacturing apparatus, a method for manufacturing a joined member, and a method for manufacturing a member on which an applied material has been applied, with which it is possible to apply an applied material even in cases where a projection is present in the vicinity of an outer side of an application width of an applied material to be applied on an application target surface. A joined member manufacturing apparatus includes an application device including die head 10 having a distance between the ejection port forming groove and an outer edge of the first opposing face at a portion where an ejection port is formed being 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, a first suction stage 20A, a second suction stage 20B, an ultraviolet irradiator 45 configured to radiate an ultraviolet ray, a chamber 51 formed to have a size enabling the chamber 51 to accommodate the first and second suction stages 20A and 20B at the same time, the chamber 51 being configured such that a degree of vacuum inside the chamber 51 is adjustable by an operation of a vacuum pump 53, where the applied material G is configured such that viscosity of the applied material G changes when the applied material G is irradiated with an ultraviolet ray.