ROBOTICS FOR INKJET PRINTING VEHICLE LIVERY

• Main Authors: Mellin, Matthew, Larson-Smith, Kjersta, Arthur, Shane Edward, Miller, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.04.2024
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HAND TOOLS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MANIPULATORS; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

The present disclosure includes a method and apparatus for ink jet printing an exterior surface of a vehicle including a reversibly moveable crossbeam mounted above an open pit; a first track located above the reversibly moveable crossbeam, a first reversibly moveable monument including a first serial robotic manipulator including a first end effector defining a first end effector range of motion based on fully extended reversible movement of the first serial robotic manipulator; a second track located in the open pit beneath the reversibly moveable crossbeam; a second reversibly moveable monument coupled to the second pair of rails, the second reversibly moveable monument including a second end effector defining a second end effector range of motion based on fully extended reversible movement of the second serial robotic manipulator. The first end effector range of motion overlaps the second end effector range of motion.