MECHANISM FOR CURING ADHESIVE IN A ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL
Systems and methods for curing adhesives in a robotic assembly cell are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a chassis, a gearbox, coupled to the chassis, and a radiation head, coupled to the gearbox, the radiation head emitting radiation in a direction, wherein the radiation head is moveable with respect to the chassis.
1 . An apparatus, comprising:
a chassis;
a gearbox coupled to the chassis; and
a radiation head coupled to the gearbox, the radiation head emitting radiation in a direction;
wherein the radiation head is moveable with respect to the chassis.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radiation head is moveable in an angular movement that changes the direction of a radiation emitting from the radiation head.
3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the chassis comprises a motor.
4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a shaft coupling coupled between the motor and the gearbox.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a mounting arm coupled between the gearbox and the radiation head.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radiation head comprises a fan.
7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the radiation head further comprises a heat exchanger coupled to the fan.
8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the heat exchanger is additively manufactured.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a change tool coupled to the chassis, for coupling the apparatus to an arm of a robot.
10 . An apparatus, comprising:
a chassis including a motor having a shaft;
a change tool coupled to the chassis;
a mounting arm;
a gearbox coupled to the shaft and the mounting arm, for translating rotation of the shaft into movement of the mounting arm; and
a radiation head coupled to the mounting arm, the radiation head emitting radiation in a direction;
wherein a movement of the mounting arm changes the direction of emission of a radiation from the radiation head.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a controller coupled to the motor, for selectively rotating the shaft of the motor to move the mounting arm.
12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the movement of the mounting arm is normal to the direction of emission of radiation.
13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the movement of the mounting arm moves the radiation head in an arc.
14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the movement of the mounting arm includes moving the radiation head about a nominal position.
15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the arc extends from the nominal position in a first direction and a second direction opposite that of the first direction.
16 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the movement of the mounting arm includes at least one stop location.
17 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the radiation head comprises a fan.
18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the radiation head further comprises a heat exchanger coupled to the fan.
19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the heat exchanger is additively manufactured.
20 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the change tool couples the apparatus to an arm of a robot.