Marking car parks with a robot: new layouts and repainting

Markings on a car park or business park wear faster than you think. Lorries, forklifts and daily traffic dull the lines, and faded bays lead to sloppy parking, lost spaces and unsafe situations. Repainting today is usually done by a crew that sets out, masks and sprays, often at night or at weekends to avoid blocking the site. A line marking robot makes that work shorter and more predictable.

Two types of jobs

On paved surfaces there are two very different jobs. With a new layout, bays, lanes, arrows and pedestrian crossings must be applied according to plan, often on a new or resurfaced site. With repainting, existing lines must be followed exactly, even when they have half disappeared. The FJD PaintMaster Parking is made for both.

The digital workflow

The work does not start with a tape measure, but with a scan. The Trion S2 Max scanner captures the geometry of the site, together with existing lines, obstacles and the surface. In SiteMind the layout is built digitally: bays, arrows, lanes and safety zones. Before the robot starts, the route, spray sequence, turning space and obstacles are simulated. That way you see in advance whether everything fits, instead of afterwards.

When repainting, the robot uses AI vision to align itself with the existing line edges, centre lines, arrows, numbers and bay boundaries. As a result the new line stays on the old one, even when it has faded.

High pressure for asphalt and concrete

The PaintMaster Parking marks with a pressure of up to 20 MPa and a flow rate of up to 2 litres per minute, with a line width of 10 to 25 cm and a 19-litre paint tank. The 4 kWh battery is quickly swappable and lasts about 6 hours. According to FJD this requires up to 80% less labour and marking is up to 5 times faster, but the actual gain depends on the site, the layout and the way the crew works.

Who is this interesting for?

• Managers of business parks and logistics sites with many bays, loading zones and driving routes.
• Shopping centres and retail car parks where marking must be done quickly outside opening hours.
• Municipalities with public car parks and park-and-ride sites.
• Line marking companies and contractors who want to complete more projects with the same crew.

Safety on site

The robot has 360° real-time monitoring and physical collision protection. You follow status, progress and alerts in the app. On large sites several robots can work together in coordination. A cordoned-off work zone of course remains necessary, just as with manual line marking.

Also for airports

For runways, taxiways and aprons there is the FJD PaintMaster Airfield, which marks directly from approved CAD drawings and can therefore work within shorter closure windows. More on the airports page.

Do you manage a car park or business park? See the sector page car parks and business parks or request a proposal.