Method of holding a part in position in an assembly station
AssigneeABB Body in White
InventorDaniel Bidaud
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Abstract
A method of holding a part (5, 16) in position in an assembly station (1), in which the part (5) is put into a determined position in the frame of reference of the assembly station (1) by means of a handling robot (7), at least one clamp (2, 3, 4) is closed onto a portion (5a, 5b) secured to the part, the clamp being mounted to slide freely in a guide (12) of the assembly station (1) extending parallel to its own clamping direction, and the clamp is blocked against sliding when it is clamped onto the part.
Claims4
A method of holding a part (5, 16) in position in an assembly station (1), wherein the part (5, 16) is put into a determined position in the frame of reference of the assembly station (1) by means of a handling robot (7), wherein at least one clamp (2, 3, 4, 17, 18, 19) is closed onto a portion (5a, 5b, 7b, 7c) secured to the part, the clamp being mounted to slide freely in a guide (12) of the assembly station (1) extending parallel to its own clamping direction, and wherein the clamp is blocked against sliding when it is clamped onto the part.
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