After years of contemplating automation, Performance Composites, Inc. chose
to work with GrayMatter Robotics, an advanced automation solution provider
and an Authorized System Integrator for FANUC America,
to design a robotic solution to sand fiberglass and composite products used
for the transportation industry - primarily buses, trains, and trucks.
GrayMatter Robotics, a deep technology company based in Gardena, California,
has taken a deep dive into
the development of AI software to support robotic automation systems for
sanding and polishing. Their new Physics informed AI solutions for surface
finishing, aptly
named Scan&Sand™ and Scan&Polish™, use active compliant
devices combined with 3D vision and proprietary software to enable a robot
or cobot to autonomously perform a wide range of processing applications,
including sanding, buffing, polishing, trimming, inspection, and
more.
Today, with GMR-AI combined with a FANUC CRX, Performance Composites
is experiencing the benefits of smart robotic automation. They’ve
improved both the consistency and quality of their surface
finishing applications. In addition, employees were trained to become robot
operators in one day, removing them from the dull, dirty, and
physically demanding tasks.
Additional system benefits:
- Programs itself using GMR-AI/
- Able to handle large and complex parts.
- Works in a wet or dry environment.
- Sands and polishes a wide variety of materials.
- Able to execute tasks according to an operator’s preferred tool motion
or technique.
- Deploys on existing shop floors.
- Quickly adapts to new materials.
- Significantly reduces the consumption of sandpaper and abrasive
materials.
- Able to finish products to desired quality, improving the process and
reducing costs.