ABB, ESS collaboration to enhance automotive paint shop operations
Together, ABB and Engineering Software Steyr GmbH are developing simulation tools that aim to reduce a shop’s costs, emissions production and improve overall efficiencies.
ABB (Cary, North Carolina) has entered into a strategic collaboration with Austria-based Engineering Software Steyr GmbH (ESS, Steyr) to develop simulation tools that the companies believe will transform automotive paint shop operations while reducing costs by up to 30%.
Source | ABB
The partnership will enable customers to benefit from ABB Robotics’ extensive expertise within the automotive paint shop and its success with smart automation solutions such as PixelPaint, an inkjet-style, vision-controlled paint head that reproduces precise details, and the RB1000i-S digitally enabled atomizer that achieves up to 99% transfer efficiency, meaning less paint and materials are required.
ABB will integrate ESS’s technology into its RobotStudio, an offline programming and simulation tool for robotic applications, available on desktop, Cloud and AR platforms.
