Paint Profile Dialog Box

The Paint profile dialog box provides options for paint deposition.

To access the dialog box, click Paint Profile and select a robot.

This page discusses:

General

Name
The name of the current profile.
Index
You can optionally enter an index number for the current profile for use with Robot Programming. Positive integer values or zero are valid.

By default, this value is unset.

List of brushes
Lists the brushes that are associated with the robot. All parameters in the different tab pages are specific to the selected brush in the current profile.

Click + to add a new brush, or - to delete the current brush.

Paint tab

Brush color
The color of the selected brush.
Brush state
When enabled, paint is dispatched from the current brush. Otherwise, no paint is dispatched.
Deposition type
Determines whether paint is deposited via Air nozzle or Electrostatic rotating bell.
Simulation parameters
Flow rate
Specifies the amount of paint dispatched for a given time period.
Percentage of solids
Specifies the percentage of the total paint volume that is due to paint solids.
Gun transfer efficiency
Defines the percentage of sprayed paint solids will adhere to a surface. This value overrides the transfer efficiency computed during the calibration.
Disk rotation speed
Simulation current speed of rotation for the bell cup atomizer. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Air volume regulation
Simulation current flow rate of the shaping air in the ERB paint gun. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type.
Air pressure regulation
Simulation current pressure of the shaping air. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Voltage
Electrostatic voltage applied to the ERB paint gun at the current simulation time. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Cone dimension
Range
The distance from the nozzle beyond which the paint will not adhere to the surface.
Width
The width of the base of the cone. Associated to the film build deposition along the Y axis defined in Calibration tab.
Length
The length of the base of the cone. Associated to the film build deposition along the X axis defined in the Calibration tab.

Position tab

From
The tool profile from which the position and orientation of the brush is relative to.

By default, the position and orientation is relative to the mount port.

Coordinates
X
The X offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.
Y
The Y offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.
Z
The Z offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.
Yaw
The yaw offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.
Pitch
The pitch offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.
Roll
The roll offset of the brush from the selected tool profile.

Calibration tab

Experiment parameters
TCP speed
The speed at which the TCP is traveling during the experiment.
Test target distance
The distance between the gun nozzle and the surface being painted during the experiment.
Test fluid flow rate
The rate of the fluid flow through the nozzle during the experiment.
Test % solids
Percentage of total paint volume that is due to paint solids during the experiment.
Spray delay ON
The time taken for the gun to start spraying after it is turned ON.
Spray delay OFF
The time taken for the gun to stop spraying after it is turned OFF.
Test disk rotation speed
Rotation speed for the bell cup disk atomizer during experiment. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test disk speed shaping factor
Factor to control extent of spray width increase due to increase in disk rotation speed. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test air volume regulation
Flow rate of the shaping regulation air during experiment. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test air volume shaping factor
Factor to control extent of spray width decrease due to increase in regulation air volume. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test air pressure regulation
Pressure of the shaping regulation air during experiment. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test air pressure shaping factor
Factor to control extent of spray width decrease due to increase in regulation air volume. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test voltage
Electrostatic voltage applied during experiment. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Test voltage shaping factor
Factor to control extent of spray width decrease due to increase in electrostatic voltage. Appears when Electrostatic rotating bell is selected as the Deposition type
Film deposition
Profile along X axis
When selected, provides positions in the X direction where the film deposition was measured and indicates the paint deposition thickness at each position.
Profile along Y axis
When selected, provides positions in the Y direction where the film deposition was measured and indicates the paint deposition thickness at each position.
Add values
Adds a set of position-deposition values to the table.
Delete values
Removes a set of position-deposition values from the table.