Ford Ontario Truck Plant and Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. Liquid ...

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line of Ford trucks. Early in 2000 Kawasaki. Robotics (USA) Inc. was asked to. develop and quote a system for the. Ontario Truck Plant to spray a ...

 

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Ford Ontario Truck Plant and Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. LiquidApplied Sound Deadener (LASD) Case Study Page 1Ford Ontario Truck Plant and Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. LiquidApplied Sound Deadener (LASD) Case Study By John Weber and Jon Stevens FordMotor Companys Ontario Truck Plant located inOakville Ontario (30 miles fromToronto) manufactures the F150line of Ford trucks. Early in 2000 KawasakiRobotics (USA) Inc. was asked to develop and quote a system for theOntario Truck Plant to spray awaterbasedEFTECsounddeadener into truck cabs duringassembly. Requirements included the ability to change pad locationsurface area and thickness as needed and the ability to spray ona vertical surface. Additional requirements alsoincluded integrating Kawasakirobots with Fordsupplied material pumps header system and GracoPrecisionSwirl applicators massflow meters and control panels onthe existing altered truck conveyor system. With the experience gainedfrom a previous installation atFords Norfolk Virginia assemblyplant Kawasaki initially quotedthe system in May of 2000. Kawasaki began developmentat their headquarters in WixomMichigan in October of 2000. Inhouse assembly started in November and customer runoff was completed in January of 2001. Installation and programming touchups were completed at the Ontario Truck Plant and the system was ready to run on February 1st. Installation support and usertraining from Kawasaki continuedthrough March of 2001. The system is based around a Kawasaki UT150 robot with a second unit as backup. Each UT150 robot is equipped withthree Graco PrecisionSwirlapplicators using PrecisionSwirl for SD control assembly panels. Along with custom mounting the PrecisionSwirl applicators to the UT150 robots Kawasakidesigned full safety guarding including light screens a customdesigned operator interface panelwith custom touchscreen display tocontrol the system and robot rise ...

 

 

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