公开(公告)号：US20210101247A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16464609

申请日：2017-11-29

申请人： Continental Structural Plastics, Inc.

发明人： Probir Kumar GUHA ,  Philippe BONTE ,  Marc-Philippe TOITGANS ,  Dominique BOYER ,  Mayur S. SHAH ,  Ohiole AKE

IPC分类号： B24B19/26 ,  B24B51/00 ,  B24B23/02 ,  B24D9/08 ,  B25J11/00

摘要： A process for automated sanding of a vehicle component surface is provided and includes providing a sanding mechanism having a sanding head engaged with a housing, a rotary motor contained within the housing, the rotary motor having a drive shaft rotatable about an axis and extending outwardly therefrom, a radial plate attached to a first end of the drive shaft, and a sanding disk having an abrasive surface releasably attached to the radial plate; attaching the sanding head to a gimbal having a pressure sensor; powering the rotary motor driving rotation of the drive shaft, the radial plate and the sanding disk in at least one of a clockwise or counterclockwise direction; movably applying the sanding disk to the surface at a maintained constant pressure; and achieving a desired finish on the surface prepared to be primed and painted to a class A auto high sheen surface finish.