Production system general-purpose cell
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasatoshi ONO, Christoph MEYERHOFF
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Abstract
In a production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general- purpose cell includes a base unit having a planar shape of quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of quadrangle, a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit, and a processing area extending outside the base unit. The robot supported by the base unit having a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area.
Claims16
A cell comprising:
- a robot including a base and an arm provided on the base;
- and
- a processing stage that places a workpiece by the robot;
- wherein the cell is movable, and
- a distance between the base and the processing stage is variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.