Hey guys!
Sorry I haven’t checked back in a bit, between work and the ole lady I haven’t had much time elsewhere. I’ve made a little progress machining up the front hub/radial brake set-up to fit and just ordered some mirror black powder and front spokes last week.
Oh, and I decided after realizing that I needed to rebuild the carbs on the 500T that I’d put it on hold for a bit. Carb kits are outfreakinrageous for that thing! Later that week I found a descent running/condition 76 550/4 so I tore it down instead, I still want to build the 500T because I love the way those old twins sound!
This project @ work is a trip! We are installing a total of 9 ABB robots to replace painters in hexavalent-chrome spraying environments. We are general engineering on the project involved in everything from the airflow in the spray both to plumbing the fluid handling side and overseeing all programming and controls work. It’s a very very unique part ID system because a 25’long x 15’high aluminum frame is what the parts are attached to as they move down a conveying system. I say this as the part fixture can have anything from a seat rail to an outer skin suspended inside, all of the parts to be sprayed are stitched/laced/mounted with aluminum wire. Part placement is never identical! Our ID system has 3 major components Sonar, a simple Light Curtain and camera ID. The way it works is that the part passes through two opposing towers gets pinged with sonar to tell the robot a gun to target distance, light curtain for start/stop & height/part placement, and last but not least two cameras.
The trick to all of this is that some of these parts are masked, the camera identifies the color differential therefore the robot will not spray the un-masked portion of the part. The cameras also ID crevasses, leading edges…
Well that’s about as simple as it can be explained, there’s a lot more going on than this but it gives you an idea of what we are up to!
I’ll post some pictures of the bike asap!
Thanks guys
Jake
