System and Method for Coating a Body

Abstract

At least a part of at least one body is coated. At least one processor determines a respective resulting coating layer based on simulating moving the respective body at least partially through a coating fluid of a dipping bath along different trajectories. The at least one processor determines a first trajectory out of the different simulated trajectories fulfilling one or more pre-defined conditions and causes at least one drive component for moving the respective body to move the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory.

1 . A system for coating at least a part of at least one body, the system comprising:
 at least one processor configured via executable instructions included in at least one memory, the processor configured to:
 determine a respective resulting coating layer based on simulating moving a respective body at least partially through a coating fluid of a dipping bath along different trajectories; 
 determine a first trajectory out of the different simulated trajectories fulfilling one or more pre-defined conditions; and 
 cause at least one drive component for moving the respective body to move the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, an engineering system, a manufacturing operation management (MOM) system, at least one sensor, or any combination thereof, the at least one sensor being configured to sense at least some of the characteristics of the respective body, the coating fluid and/or the dipping bath. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to coat at least one of electrical cabinets, cubicles for mounting drives or control products, electric motors or parts thereof, parts of production machines, sheet metal via electroplating, ceramics, isolation materials, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more pre-defined conditions include at least one of minimum requirements of the resulting coating layer, a maximum deformation of the respective body, a maximum time duration, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine the respective coating layer using the following input parameters: characteristics of the respective body, characteristics of the coating fluid, and characteristics of the dipping bath.   
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 5 , wherein the characteristics of the respective body comprise at least one of geometry, stiffness, dimensions, material, surface structure, temperature, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 5 , wherein the characteristics of the coating fluid comprise at least one of material, density, temperature, viscosity, surface tension, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 5 , wherein the characteristics of the dipping bath comprise at least one of geometry, dimensions, filling height of the coating fluid, information related to generated volumetric flow rate of the coating fluid, information related to heating or cooling, electric potential, electric power, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine of a respective resulting coating layer,   determine the first trajectory, and   cause the at least one drive component to move the respective body on-line and/or in real-time.   
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first trajectory comprises at least one of position, velocity, acceleration, tilt angle, tilt angular velocity, tilt angular acceleration, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine control instructions for the at least one drive component to control the at least one drive component such that the at least one drive component moves the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory.   
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine a respective resulting coating layer,   determine the first trajectory, and   cause the at least one drive component to move the respective body such that the respective body and a directly following second body are moved through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory and a second trajectory, respectively.   
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with executable instructions, that when executed, cause at least one processor to coat at least a part of at least one body, the medium comprising instructions for:
 determining a respective resulting coating layer based on simulation of moving the respective body at least partially through a coating fluid of a dipping bath along different trajectories;   determining a first trajectory out of the different simulated trajectories fulfilling one or more pre-defined conditions; and   causing at least one drive component for moving the respective body to move the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory.   
     
     
         14 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , the medium further comprising an instruction for:
 determining the respective coating layer using the following input parameters: characteristics of the respective body, characteristics of the coating fluid, and characteristics of the dipping bath;   wherein the one or more pre-defined conditions include at least one of minimum requirements of the resulting coating layer, a maximum deformation of the respective body, a maximum time duration, or any combination thereof;   wherein the characteristics of the respective body comprise at least one of geometry, stiffness, dimensions, material, surface structure, temperature, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof;   wherein the characteristics of the coating fluid comprise at least one of material, density, temperature, viscosity, surface tension, electric potential, electric conductivity, or any combination thereof; and   wherein the characteristics of the dipping bath comprise at least one of geometry, dimensions, filling height of the coating fluid, information related to generated volumetric flow rate of the coating fluid, information related to heating or cooling, electric potential, electric power, or any combination thereof.   
     
     
         15 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein at least some of the characteristics of the respective body, the coating fluid and/or the dipping bath are provided to the processor using at least one of a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, an engineering system, a manufacturing operation management (MOM) system, at least one sensor for sensing at least some of the characteristics, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , the medium further comprising an instruction for:
 performing at least the acts of determining the respective resulting coating layer, determining the first trajectory, and causing the at least one drive component to move the respective body on-line and/or in real-time.   
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein the respective trajectory comprises at least one of position, velocity, acceleration, tilt angle, tilt angular velocity, tilt angular acceleration, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein the medium further comprises instructions for:
 determining control instructions for the respective drive component to control the respective drive component such that the drive component moves the respective body at least partially through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory; and   performing at least the acts of determining the respective resulting coating layer, determining the first trajectory, and causing the at least one drive component to move the respective body such that the respective body and a directly following second body are moved through the coating fluid of the dipping bath along the first trajectory and a second trajectory, respectively.