Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Aytec Automation Gmbh

Wolfgang Thurmer

Thomas Brueckl

Juergen Gollwitzer

Christian Ruhland

A method for applying a seal to a component includes conveying the component to a removal region while the component is held on a holding element and on a conveyor element. By a first robot, the holding element and the component are removed from the conveyor element, which is in the removal region, and moved to a rotary frame. By the first robot, the holding element and the component are supported on the rotary frame and are disposed in a first region of the rotary frame while the rotary frame is in a first rotational position. The rotary frame is rotated from the first rotational position to a second rotational position. The seal is applied to the component by a second robot while the component is supported on the holding element and on the rotary frame and while the rotary frame is in the second rotational position.

Method and system for applying a seal to a component for a vehicle

A device for applying a rubber profile to a surface comprises a robot arm moving and guiding a guide head into a position to apply the rubber profile along a defined contour on the surface. A feed device connected to the guide head feeds the rubber profile onto the surface at a defined speed. A guide element on the guide head guides the rubber profile. The feed device includes a motorized drive roller, with a profiled circumferential surface, and a counter-element with a passage for the rubber profile formed between the drive roller and the counter-element, such that the profiled circumferential surface engages the rubber profile A control unit detects the speed of the guide head where the rubber profile is applied to the surface and controls a drive roller such that the rubber profile is advanced on the basis of this speed.

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Pfatter, Germany

Wolfgang Thurmer