Dürr Robots to Paint Electric Vehicles in Chinese Paint Facility
SOUTHFIELD, MI – Dürr has been selected as the general contractor for construction of a paint shop in Chongqing, China. Electric cars will be manufactured using state-of-the-art technology in the new electric vehicle plant of the Chongqing Sokon Industry Group. It is the first time that the seven-axis painting robot EcoRP E043i from Dürr's new generation of robots will be used in China. It can paint different-sized bodies of the fully electric SUVs flexibly and without the previously required displacement rail. The complete paint shop includes a Dürr Ecopure air purification system with heat recovery. The new plant will set standards when it comes to air pollution control.
Sokon is promoting the development of electric mobility with its new plant at the company’s site in Chongqing. The EcoRP E043i has seven rotary axes, making it much more mobile than six-axis painting robots. The additional joint extends the robot’s working area. As a result, it reaches even hard-to-access areas when painting the interiors of automobile bodies. Until now, painting robots often moved on horizontal rails. The EcoRP E043i no longer needs these due to the mobility of its seven-axis kinematics. This reduces the investment and maintenance costs in the spray booth and enables a better view of the booths.