Inropa™ EnginePainter
Automatic Scanning and
Robotized Painting of Truck
Engines.
Inropa™ EnginePainter is a wellproven technology that ensures a high
surface quality, reduces costs for
personnel and paint material, and
increases production by ensuring a
constant and optimized flow in the
paint line.

■ EnginePainter exists in a semiautomatic version -

■ And a full-automatic system.

SEMI-AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING
With an Inropa™ EnginePainter system, the
operator loads a cad model into OLP CAD (for
more information, read our product sheet on
OLP CAD). The operator uses the
EnginePainter module to create a template
model of the various engine types. A template
is selected and used to quickly create a
program for the loaded cad model. The
program can manually be adjusted to make
optimizations. The system is then used to
calculate how the robot can execute the
program. The system is given an amount of
freedom to avoid singularities or similar. These
freedoms include minor rotations of targets or
alternative robot configurations.
FULL-AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING
The Inropa™ EnginePainter also exists in a
fully automatic version. The operator mounts
the parts on the conveyor and sends them
through the paint line. Inropa™ EnginePainter
utilizes a scanning system to automatically
scan the parts. The scans are either used
directly in system or used to calculate the pose
of a detailed cad model. An input is given to
determine which template model to be used by
Inropa™ EnginePainter. The template is used
to create a customized program for the specific
engine, and utilizing the assigned freedoms the
program is simulated and sent to the robots.
HIGH SURFACE QUALITY
It is possible to adjust painting parameters
such as angles, speed, and painting pressure
for each area of the engine. This means that it

is possible to vary the quality for the engine,
maximizing the quality and specific areas while
giving a basic coverage at other. As the
settings are constant regardless of the size and
shape of the parts within each template, a
repeatable high surface quality is obtained
when using Inropa™ EnginePainter.
FLEXIBILITY
The system is based on templates which
makes it is easy to make adjustments during
production. Therefore, it is always possible to
make optimizations even during full production.
As a result it also limits the production line
downtime to a minimum when changes are
required or new engine types are to be
integrated.
REDUCE COST OF PRODUCTION
Because of the repeatable high surface quality,
the Inropa™ EnginePainter system will in most
cases reduce costs for paint material and repainting. Using robots will furthermore reduce
ventilation and heating costs by re-circulating
the air in the spray cabin.
Also, personnel for painting and moving parts
will normally be reduced significantly since the
parts are painted by the robots and
automatically transferred to the drying area.
PROVEN TECHNOLOGY
Both the semi- and full-automatic technologies
are running in industrial paint lines.
For further information, please visit our
website www.inropa.com