Paint shop lines
Surface treatment and coating of car bodies and add-on parts
Primer and undercoat
Dip coating, specifically KTL, forms the robust, comprehensive corrosion protection primer for the car body and is the basis of the coating process chain. The car bodies are transported using robust SKID Conveying Systems. In the KLT bath, the BIW car body is immersed in water-based binders. Special SKID modules are used here. With WinMOD-SIMLINE, you can simulate these dip SKID processes realistically in a virtual environment. This includes the SKID's own rotation and swivel mechanisms and data communication. Contour-accurate sensor monitoring, loading and unloading processes, and object collisions are also simulated in real time.
The 3D CAD data of the SKIDs and car bodies serve as a basis, whereby the WinMOD-SIMLINE SKID library also provides a number of typical car bodies in various stages of development in case no CAD data is available for the VC.
In addition to transport behaviour, you can also simulate fluid and temperature-related processes such as baking ovens or paint recovery. Extensive WinMOD libraries with virtual pumps, valves, tanks and heating elements are available for this purpose.
Top coating with robots
Just like with the base coat, the paint supply, known as the „paint kitchen“, is a central process involving circulation, dosing and rinsing. However, the booth air conditioning, positive and negative pressure zones, temperature and humidity control, and dust management are also regulated by system controls. All these processes can be simulated in real time with WinMOD-SIMLINE. Here, you can again utilize the virtual devices from the WinMOD libraries to simulate circuits and control systems accurately.
The second key aspect is painting robots. Many robot manufacturers offer their own simulation software that allows one or more robots to be run using the original code. With our WinMOD Co-Simulation concept, we offer online connections to these tools for exchanging axis data and communication signals in real time.
The final virtual plant then consists of the 3D robots, the 3D SKID or Power-and-Free conveyor technology for body transport and the associated drive technology. With this WinMOD-SIMLINE painting plant, you can test your automation system and robot sequences, determine throughput (bodies/hour) and cycle time per zone, as well as colour change times.
