Patent ID: 7645477

Claim:
A method for applying a coating to a section of a part, said method comprising: (a) placing the part on a part support; (b) initially measuring at least two different planes of a dimension of the section of the part to be coated using a part measurer including a digital camera; (c) calculating an initial amount of coating to be applied to the section of the part based on the initial dimension measurements and a desired dimension of the section of the part; (d) applying the initial amount of coating to the part while continuing to take measurements of the dimension of the section of the part being coated including any coating applied to said section of the part; (e) calculating a final amount of coating to be applied to the section of the part based on said continuing dimension measurements and the desired dimension of the section of the part; (f) applying the final amount of coating to the section of the part while continuing to measure the dimension of the section of the part being coated including any coating applied to the section of the part; and (g) removing the part from the part support.