THIS PAPER REVIEWS AN ACTUAL APPLICATION THAT WAS INSTALLED IN A MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY PLANT. THE PLANT ENGINEERING PERSONNEL WROTE THE PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS AND PARAMETERS BASED ON THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND EXISTING FACILITY AVAILABILITY. THE REASON GANTRY ROBOTICS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE SOLUTION IS EXPLAINED AND DOCUMENTED WITH A VIDEOTAPE OF THE ACTUAL COMPLETED SYSTEM. THE PUMPING AND METERING EQUIPMENT IS DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE HIGH- VISCOSITY URETHANE MATERIAL. THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE SEVEN GEOMETRICALLY DIFFERENT PIECES OF AUTOMOTIVE GLASS WITH NO HARD TOOLING CHANGES WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
