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Adhesive Dispensing Robot Product

Overview

An adhesive dispensing robot lays a controlled bead of glue, sealant, grease, or potting compound onto a part along a programmed path. It shows up wherever a fluid has to go exactly where the design says and nowhere else: bonding phone housings, sealing automotive electronics, gasketing enclosures, underfilling chips. The two things that matter are where the bead goes and how much fluid comes out, so the machine is really two coordinated systems — a Frame & Enclosure carrying three linear axes that move the nozzle, and a metering valve that doses fluid by volume — with a camera tying the path to the actual part in front of it.

How it works

Positioning uses three stacked ball-screw axes. The X Linear Axis and Y Linear Axis sweep the nozzle across the work area while the Z Linear Axis sets the gap between nozzle and part and lifts clear between beads. Each axis runs a precision Ball Screw on profiled Linear Guide rails, driven by an AC AC Servo Motor whose Servo Encoder closes the position loop through a Servo Drive; ball screws are chosen over belts here because dispensing rewards fine, repeatable positioning over speed.

Fluid handling is separate from motion. A Cartridge Feed feeds material under regulated air pressure to the Dispense Valve & Pump, where a stepper-driven auger meters the dose by volume and a needle starts and stops the bead cleanly so it does not string or drool. Before dispensing, a down-looking Vision Alignment camera finds fiducials on the part and shifts the whole program to match the part's real position and rotation, which removes the need for precise fixturing. The Controller coordinates axes, valve, and vision so flow rate tracks travel speed and the bead width stays constant around corners. An operator runs and edits programs from the touchscreen Operator HMI, and everything is wired through the Internal Harness harness inside the guarded enclosure.

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Bill of materials

10 top-level lines · 108 rows shown · 685 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 Frame & Enclosure 5 parts dispensing-robot-frame 1 8 assembly
1.1 Base Frame dispensing-robot-base-frame 1 part
1.2 Work Platen dispensing-robot-work-platen 1 part
1.3 Enclosure Panel dispensing-robot-enclosure-panel 4 part
1.4 Door Interlock dispensing-robot-door-interlock 1 part
1.5 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part
2 X Linear Axis 6 parts dispensing-robot-x-axis 1 118 assembly
2.1 Ball Screw ball-screw 1 part
2.2 Linear Guide dispensing-robot-linear-guide 2 part
2.3 AC Servo Motor 6 parts dispensing-robot-servo-motor 1 34 assembly
2.3.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
2.3.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
2.3.3 Copper Winding copper-winding 1 part
2.3.4 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 8 part
2.3.5 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
2.3.6 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
2.4 Servo Encoder 3 parts dispensing-robot-encoder 1 4 assembly
2.4.1 Hall Sensor hall-sensor 2 part
2.4.2 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
2.4.3 Code Disc dispensing-robot-encoder-disc 1 part
2.5 Servo Drive 4 parts dispensing-robot-servo-drive 1 75 assembly
2.5.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
2.5.2 IGBT Power Module igbt-module 1 part
2.5.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 70× 70 part
2.5.4 Connector connector 3 part
2.6 Limit Switch dispensing-robot-limit-switch 2 part
3 Y Linear Axis 6 parts dispensing-robot-y-axis 1 118 assembly
3.1 Ball Screw ball-screw 1 part
3.2 Linear Guide dispensing-robot-linear-guide 2 part
3.3 AC Servo Motor 6 parts dispensing-robot-servo-motor 1 34 assembly
3.3.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
3.3.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
3.3.3 Copper Winding copper-winding 1 part
3.3.4 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 8 part
3.3.5 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
3.3.6 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
3.4 Servo Encoder 3 parts dispensing-robot-encoder 1 4 assembly
3.4.1 Hall Sensor hall-sensor 2 part
3.4.2 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.4.3 Code Disc dispensing-robot-encoder-disc 1 part
3.5 Servo Drive 4 parts dispensing-robot-servo-drive 1 75 assembly
3.5.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.5.2 IGBT Power Module igbt-module 1 part
3.5.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 70× 70 part
3.5.4 Connector connector 3 part
3.6 Limit Switch dispensing-robot-limit-switch 2 part
4 Z Linear Axis 6 parts dispensing-robot-z-axis 1 117 assembly
4.1 Ball Screw ball-screw 1 part
4.2 Linear Guide dispensing-robot-linear-guide 2 part
4.3 AC Servo Motor 6 parts dispensing-robot-servo-motor 1 34 assembly
4.3.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
4.3.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
4.3.3 Copper Winding copper-winding 1 part
4.3.4 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 8 part
4.3.5 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
4.3.6 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
4.4 Servo Encoder 3 parts dispensing-robot-encoder 1 4 assembly
4.4.1 Hall Sensor hall-sensor 2 part
4.4.2 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
4.4.3 Code Disc dispensing-robot-encoder-disc 1 part
4.5 Servo Drive 4 parts dispensing-robot-servo-drive 1 75 assembly
4.5.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
4.5.2 IGBT Power Module igbt-module 1 part
4.5.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 70× 70 part
4.5.4 Connector connector 3 part
4.6 Axis Holding Brake dispensing-robot-z-brake 1 part
5 Dispense Valve & Pump 5 parts dispensing-robot-valve 1 27 assembly
5.1 Valve Body dispensing-robot-valve-body 1 part
5.2 Metering Needle dispensing-robot-needle 1 part
5.3 Dispense Nozzle dispensing-robot-nozzle 1 part
5.4 Pump Stepper Motor 3 parts dispensing-robot-pump-stepper 1 23 assembly
5.4.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
5.4.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
5.4.3 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
5.5 O-Ring Set oring-set 1 part
6 Cartridge Feed 3 parts dispensing-robot-cartridge 1 3 assembly
6.1 Fluid Cartridge dispensing-robot-syringe 1 part
6.2 Pressure Regulator dispensing-robot-pressure-reg 1 part
6.3 Feed Tube dispensing-robot-feed-tube 1 part
7 Vision Alignment 4 parts dispensing-robot-vision 1 47 assembly
7.1 CMOS Image Sensor image-sensor 1 part
7.2 Lens Assembly camera-lens 1 part
7.3 Ring Light dispensing-robot-ring-light 1 part
7.4 Vision Board 4 parts dispensing-robot-vision-board 1 44 assembly
7.4.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
7.4.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
7.4.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 40× 40 part
7.4.4 Connector connector 2 part
8 Controller 6 parts dispensing-robot-controller 1 174 assembly
8.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
8.2 Compute SoC Module soc-module 1 part
8.3 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
8.4 Power Supply dispensing-robot-power-supply 1 part
8.5 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 160× 160 part
8.6 Connector connector 10× 10 part
9 Operator HMI 5 parts dispensing-robot-hmi 1 58 assembly
9.1 LCD Panel lcd-panel 1 part
9.2 Touch Digitizer touch-digitizer 1 part
9.3 HMI Board 4 parts dispensing-robot-hmi-board 1 54 assembly
9.3.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
9.3.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
9.3.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 50× 50 part
9.3.4 Connector connector 2 part
9.4 E-Stop dispensing-robot-estop 1 part
9.5 HMI Shell dispensing-robot-hmi-shell 1 part
10 Internal Harness 2 parts dispensing-robot-cabling 1 15 assembly
10.1 Wire Bundle wire-bundle 1 part
10.2 Connector connector 14× 14 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $3k–$500k · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
🇯🇵Fanuc
fanuc.com ↗
Oshino, JP Industrial robots & CNC 20 units 10–18 wks
🇨🇭ABB Robotics
abb.com ↗
Zurich, CH Industrial robots 20 units 10–18 wks
🇯🇵Yaskawa
yaskawa.com ↗
Kitakyushu, JP Robots & motion 20 units 10–18 wks
🇩🇪KUKA
kuka.com ↗
Augsburg, DE Industrial robots 20 units 10–18 wks
universal-robots.com ↗ Odense, DK Collaborative robots 20 units 10–18 wks

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