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Automotive industry

For the love of automation

 The automotive industry has always placed extremely high demands on quality and process reliability, with automated tasks that are becoming more and more challenging. Sensors from SensoPart satisfy all the expectations of both manufacturers and suppliers.

Thus, the VISOR® Object is ideally suited to check components for completeness, for example, while the VISOR® Robotic acts as the "eye" of handling and assembly robots. The VISOR® Code Reader enables the identification of directly marked components such as car body sheets. Our optical sensors, especially our distance sensors such as the FT 55-RLAM, are also ubiquitous in automotive production processes, e.g. to control the position of parts.

 

Application examples

The following application examples show you the possible uses of our products in practice.

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Automated assembly of electrical plug connections

The modules installed in the high-voltage battery must be electrically connected to each other, and the connectors must be applied accurately to avoid damage.

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Automated bolting of the upper housing part

The upper part of the housing must be screwed to the lower part of the housing. To do this, the sensor must detect the position of the screw holes in the housing top.

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Check of the correct feeding of screws in the right position

The quantity of screws required for battery pack assembly is stored in a bunker feed system  and fed from there to the screwing systems accordingly. For smooth production, it is important that misaligned screws are detected by the sensor and only those in the correct position are fed to the screwing system.

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Inspection
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Check the right type of fuel filler necks

In automobile production, different vehicle variants are manufactured on one and the same production line. In order to ensure that the correct type of 
tank nozzle
 has been installed in the correct vehicle, a vision sensor should carry out a type check.

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Check the right type of fuel hoses and clips

In automated automobile production, it is important to check whether the correct fuel hoses and clamps have been installed. The components are to be checked with the aid of a vision sensor.

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Inspection
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Check the right type of switches on the dashboard

In automobile manufacturing, the switches on the dashboard vary depending on the vehicle model.
To ensure that the correct switches have been installed in the correct vehicle, a vision sensor should carry out a type check.

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Inspection
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Control of safety and identification labels

The labeling of the battery pack requires the manual application of safety and identification stickers. Incorrect or inaccurately positioned labels could lead to misinterpretation or misuse of the battery pack, necessitating label verification.

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Inspection
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Detection of the screws in the feeder

The quantity of screws required for battery pack assembly is stored in a bunker feed system and fed from there to the screwing systems individually. For subsequent control of the correct position of the screws , they must be detected at a specific position in the feed system in order to provide a trigger signal.

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Detection
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Determining the stacking height of housing parts

For further processing, stacked housing parts must be removed from a material container and placed in the correct position. This requires determining the current stack height in order to use it to align the robot gripper, including the cameras mounted on it, at the correct working distance for determining the position.

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Distance measurement
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Filling quantity monitoring of the screw supply

A large number of screws are processed during the assembly of a battery pack. Bunker feed systems are used to stock these screws. In order to avoid an interruption in production, it is important to be informed in good time that screws need to be replenished.

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Distance measurement
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Identification by means of directly marked codes

Each component installed in a battery pack usually has a directly marked code on it. Before the components are installed in the housing bottom part, this code must be read out and transmitted to the higher-level control system for subsequent tracking.

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Identification
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Inserting battery modules into the housing bottom part

In order for the robot gripper to be able to insert the components into the lower part of the housing, contactless position detection of the housing bottom part is necessary. 

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Locking check of the connections

Regardless of whether the wiring is automated or manual, it is necessary to check the connector latches. Improperly latched connectors can trigger a subsequent defect and cannot be corrected due to the battery pack design.

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Inspection
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Measuring a gap between two metal sheets

During assembly, it is frequently necessary to align two metal sheets as close as possible in the joining process in order to guarantee a good weld seam. The aim of the application is to determine the gap between two metal sheets and to transfer the measured value to the control system. 

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Inspection
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Position control of car body parts

Painting is an important step in automobile production, which not only fulfills aesthetic but also functional aspects. In this step, the body of the vehicle is coated with paint. An important part of the overall process is the position control of the various body parts after drying with the help of an optical sensor. To do this, all car body components such as the bonnet, trunk lid, and doors must be closed in order to move on to the next step, the assembly.

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Detection
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Position control of the fastening clips of cable harnesses

Inside the battery pack there are wiring harnesses which need to be fixed with fastening clips. Failure to engage the clamps correctly can result in damage to the cables or rattling noises during subsequent driving operation.

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Inspection
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Position detection for automated bolting

The battery modules must be screwed into the lower part of the housing. The screw holes are usually located under mechanical devices, which in turn have an opening. The sensor is to be used to detect the position of the screw holes underneath.

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Position detection for removal of the upper housing part

In order to close the battery pack, the housing top must be removed from a material container using a gantry or articulated-arm robot. To do this, it is first necessary to determine the position of the component in the container without contact.

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Position detection of the lower housing part in the material container

The base of a battery pack is the housing bottom part, which is first removed from a material container by a gantry or articulated-arm robot. For his purpose, it is necessary to determine the position of the component without contact.

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Position determination for the removal of battery modules

Several components, such as battery modules, are installed in a battery pack. To remove the individual battery modules, their position in the material container must be determined without contact. 

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Positioning of sniffer lances for leak testing

Leak testing is one of the last production steps of a battery pack. So-called sniffer lances must be precisely guided to specific positions for the gas check.

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Presence check of protective caps

The protection of external electrical connections and coolant lines requires the manual application of protective caps. Without protective caps, accidental contact with high-voltage connections or damage as well as contamination may occur, so their presence must be monitored.

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Inspection
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Presence of clips on sheet metal parts

When assembling vehicles, sheet metal parts and / or plastic parts must be connected to one another. These are often assembled with clips which the parts are screwed or plugged together.

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Inspection
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Reading DOT codes on vehicle windows

Vehicle windows must be identified during production and mounting processes to avoid mix-ups with similar windows. The aim of the application is that a window is clearly identified by means of a DOT code.

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Identification
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Reading dot-peened data matrix codes on sheet metal parts

In production, components, e.g. sheet metal parts, must be identified. During assembly processes, there is a risk of mixing up similar components. The identification of an incorrect part after installation can have costly consequences

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Identification
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Reading of lasered datamatrix codes on sheet metal parts

In production, components must be identified. There is a risk of confusion between similar components during assembly. High costs can be incurred if the wrong component is identified after installation.

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Identification
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Reading the delivery note

In order to guarantee the traceability of the components installed in a battery pack, the codes on the delivery notes attached to the transport boxes are read with a sensor. The contents can consist of one-dimensional barcodes, two-dimensional data matrix codes or plain text.

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Identification
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Setting down the housing top for final assembly

After determining the position of the housing top in the material carrier, the component is placed on the housing bottom part.

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Positioning
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VISOR® Robotic +Z: 2D vision-guided robotics with integrated distance measurement

2D vision-guided robotics with integrated distance measurement for removing body parts from load carriers.

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Distance measurement
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Visualisation of entire process with SensoWeb

Throughout the production process, a large quantity of data is generated that has to be monitored and checked. The operator must be able to consult, manage and evaluate this data easily in order to identify and implement any necessary modifications to the process.

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