Managing complexity in modern paint shops
Automotive manufacturers face increasing complexity in the paint shop. Stringent quality standards for corrosion protection, aesthetics as well as driver perception and comfort must be balanced with the need for ever-increasing efficiency. Rising demands require smarter, more integrated solutions.
Key challenges:
- Increasing automation requirements
- Highly complex car body geometries and multiple variants
- Limited accessibility of critical sealing areas
- Strict quality and aesthetic standards
- Shorter cycle times and high throughput
- Traceability and documentation requirements
Without the right technology, these challenges lead to rework, downtime, and inconsistent quality. Atlas Copco is your partner when it comes to automated sealing and dampening solutions, robot guidance and bead inspection. With 30 years’ experience in paint shop, we are a strong competence partner to innovate and future proof your paint shop.
Our paint shop offering
Replace manual application and inspection processes with a fully automated system approach. Choose your options tailored to your needs.
Key benefits from partnering with Atlas Copco in your paint shop
Before the top coat can be applied, car bodies must be tightly sealed and coated to avoid corrosion and protect from stone chipping. Critical areas must be coated to reduce vibration and noise. The application processes in the sealer deck are highly diverse, the geometries are complex, accessability is limited, and the materials are temperature-sensitive.
Atlas Copco provides holistic sealer deck solutions that include material supply and conditioning, precise and high-speed metering, accurate application, and quality assurance into one system.
Every production line is unique. Selecting the right application technology depends on the geometry of the car body and customer requirements. Our systems are designed for seamless integration into new and existing paint shop environments, with flexible configurations that align with OEM standards and global production requirements.
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Discover our SCA Enso dispensing solutions
With our SCA Enso product line, we offer one platform for all sealer deck applications in paint shop. Enso not only includes a fully integrated dispensing system, but also various options to improve quality and productivity in your paint shop line.
Our full system solution offering:
In high-performance automotive production with short cycle times and a wide range of variants, the perfect seam is not solely the result of a high-quality dispensing system. It is the outcome of a fully integrated approach:
- Precise measurement of the position and orientation of car body and part contours
- Accurate robot guidance
- Precise seam application
- Reliable bead inspection—inline or post-process
- Regular tool and nozzle inspection to detect damage
- Automated stream width/spray pattern measurement and evaluation
Level-up your paint shop quality with integrated machine vision solutions from Atlas Copco.
Frequently asked questions
Atlas Copco provides advanced dispensing solutions for paint shop applications in the sealer deck. These include cosmetic sealing, interior seam sealing, liquid applied sound dampening (LASD) and underbody protection. The dispensing systems include material preparation, sypply and conditioning, metering systems, applicators and nozzles. The systems can be customized and optimized by adding options for material conditioning, nozzle cleaning etc.
Manual applications and rework are a huge cost driver in paint shops. By replacing manual processes with fully automated dispensing systems and machine vision solutions, Atlas Copco helps increase productivity, ensure consistent quality and repeatability, and reduce rework throughout the production cycle.
Paint shop sealing and dampening processes require precise and controlled material application to meet aesthetic standards, prevent corrosion, and ensure long-term durability and passenger comfort. On top of that, "right first time" applications minimize costly rework and material consumption.
Automated systems deliver repeatable high-quality results, enable faster cycle times, minimize material waste, and support continuous monitoring and quality tracking. But every production line ist unique. It is important that the automated system can be customized to the specific production requirements. Our systems are designed for seamless integration into new and existing paint shop environments, with flexible configurations that align with OEM standards and global production requirements.
Atlas Copco also provides 2D and 3D machine vision solutions to safeguard the dispensing process in paint shops. These include position and part measurement, tool inspection, robot guidance, bead inspection and more. Beads can inspected in position, width, and height. Larger coatings can be inspected post process for gaps and overspray.
OEMs and suppliers benefit from standardized, scalable solutions supported by a global network, ensuring consistent process performance, reduced downtime, and reliable support across all production locations.
