METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED APPLICATION OF LACQUERED FILMS TO BODY PARTS AND AUTOMATION-COMPATIBLE LACQUERED FILM COMPOSITE

摘要

The invention relates to a method and device for automated application of laquered films to body parts (1) in addition to an automation-compatible lacquered film composite (5). Initially, an automation-compatible lacquered film composite (5) is created. This can be attached in a precise, bubble-free and fold-free manner to a body part (1) by means of a suitable robot-controlled application tool. In order to ensure firm holding of the film composite (5), which is received by a base, the vacuum grippers (30,31) gripping the ends are bent in a mirror-inverted manner such that it is possible to prevent the ends of the vacuum grippers from being detached. The lower-sided protection strip (9), which is gripped by a movable gripper tool on a protruding removal lug on the end side, is then partially removed, whereupon the adhesive side of the useful part (6) of the lacquered film is revealed. The film composite, which is maintained in a stretched out position, is oriented in the correct position at a short distance from the body part (1) which is to be glued and which is rigidly maintained. The useful part 6) of the lacquered film is raked from out of the distanced position onto the surface of the body (1) by means of a moveable doctor blade element (90,91). The external protective strip (8), which is still maintained by the vacuum grippers (30,31), is then removed from the applied lacquered film.