Dürr expands first market-ready AI application for paint shops

August 6, 2021 4:35 pm

Durr expands scope of artificial intelligence for existing robots and sealing.

Dürr is significantly expanding the scope of its AI applications with the enablement of analysis software from the DXQ product family for sealing.  Until now, for  identifying defect sources, determining the optimal maintenance schedule, improving manufacturing processes,  artificial intelligence only made this possible in a paint shop equipped with state-of-the-art robots. In addition, a unique interface solution makes it possible to incorporate robots from existing paint shops for the first time.

Connectivity for existing plants:
Although the demand for digital applications is high, operators in existing plants are constrained because most of their systems do not have connectivity and the right interface for data acquisition is found only in the later generation of Dürr robots. Previously, earlier models, robots from other manufacturers and technology outside of paint application could not be connected. But Dürr found a way to bring connectivity to almost all common robots and disciplines.

Detailed information from all process steps:
The solution is an adapter made up of hardware and software components that can connect to all current fieldbus technologies and that provides data in the necessary high temporal resolution of a few milliseconds. The adapter is offered by Dürr in cooperation with Techno-Step, a specialist in systems for process data analytics and diagnostics that has been part of the Dürr Group since 2020. “Operators are thus able to read the available sensor and actuator data from their existing plants and to integrate the entire spectrum of disciplines, from pre-treatment to application to conveyor technology, into one piece of analytical software.” says Jens Häcker.

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