Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
Patent
1996-03-22
1997-09-09
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
29799, 29809, 4147957, 414798, 221297, B23P 2100, B23Q 710
Patent
active
056643225
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for processing and assembling a plurality of small parts weighing under five pounds using a robot employing a rotatable pallet for holding an array of small parts. Said rotatable pallet being held in place on the robot wrist head, which moves the pallet through a plurality of stationary work-stations located within the operating envelope of the robot, and rotates the pallet at each work-station to index the pallet and to present it to the work-station for an operation on a specific part or parts. Said robot participates in the work-station tasks by moving the rotatable pallet in the X, Y, and Z directions as needed. Movable data pins are used to indicate conditions of individual parts in nests, and of the pallet taken as a whole.
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Bryant David P.
Chen Tony D.
Rozsa Thomas I.
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