Vehicle assembly line

Details Vehicle assembly line Vehicle assembly line

1985-07-08

1987-08-04

Goldberg, Howard N.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...

29792, 29824, B23P 2100, B23P 1900

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046836519

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle assembly line has a main line comprising an automated assembly line portion disposed in an upstream portion thereof, a manual assembly line portion disposed in a downstream portion thereof and an automated work line portion disposed in the terminal portion thereof. The automated assembly line portion is formed of train type conveyors which can feed a vehicle body or a work selectively in continuous feed fashion or indexing feed fashion. The manual assembly line portion is formed of trolley type or power-and-free type conveyors which feed the vehicle body continuously. The automated work line portion is formed of train type conveyors which feed the vehicle body in indexing feed fashion. In the automated assembly line portion are included the assembly steps which have already been automated and those which are scheduled to be automated but are to be manually performed for the time being. At the stations for the automated steps, the train type conveyors are controlled to feed the vehicle body in indexing feed fashion while at the stations for the scheduled-to-be-automated steps, the conveyors are controlled to feed the vehicle body in continuous feed fashion. In the manual assembly line portion are disposed the assembly steps which are considered to have to depend on human labor even in future. In the automated work line portion are accomplished assembly steps which must be done after the manual assembly steps due to limitations on the assembling order.

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patent: 3968558 (1976-07-01), Sekine
patent: 4033033 (1977-07-01), Heffner

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