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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Takahiro Tawata, Tokyo, JP;
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
Provided are an ink-jet type vehicle coating machine and an ink-jet type vehicle coating method that enable formation of a uniform coating film thickness at a coating portion including an end of a vehicle. In a state where a longitudinal direction of a nozzle headis orthogonal to a scanning direction, a first nozzle arrayA and a second nozzle arrayB are disposed such that droplets discharged from nozzlesof the second nozzle arrayB are discharged to intermediate portions between droplets discharged from nozzlesadjacent to each other in the first nozzle arrayA. In addition, on the basis of trajectory data for moving the nozzle head, attitude data for keeping the longitudinal direction of the nozzle headperpendicular to a main scanning direction of the nozzle headis formed. An arm control unitcontrols a robot arm on the basis of the trajectory data and attitude data such that, in a state where the nozzle headperforms coating while moving in the main scanning direction, the longitudinal direction of the nozzle headis kept perpendicular to the main scanning direction.