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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Tesla Grohmann Automation Gmbh, Prüm, DE;
Lothar Thommes, Bitburg, DE;
TESLA GROHMANN AUTOMATION GMBH, Prum, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for applying sealing profiles to vehicle bodies or parts thereof, includes drawing off the sealing profile from an unwinding unit and rolling the sealing profile onto the vehicle body or the part of the vehicle body along an application line provided for application purposes, by a pressure-exerting roller of an application head. An arrangement of an automatic optical inspection system within the application apparatus provides for direct detection of defects and discontinuities of the sealing profile by the user without any need for markings on the sealing profile wound up on the roll or for data handling between the manufacturer of the sealing profile and the user.