US 2016/0354882 A1 · System and Method for Assembly Manufacturing

Abstract

A method for assembly manufacturing may include the steps of: (1) positioning, by a material-handling system, an unassembled workpiece in a first assembly position within a tacking cell, (2) performing, by a first plurality of fastening machines, a tack fastening operation on the unassembled workpiece to form a partially assembled workpiece, (3) transferring, by the material-handling system, the partially assembled workpiece from the tacking cell to a fastening cell, (4) positioning, by the material-handling system, the partially assembled workpiece in a second assembly position within the fastening cell, and (5) performing, by a second plurality of fastening machines, a final fastening operation on the partially assembled workpiece to form an assembled workpiece.

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Dependent claims

A method for assembly manufacturing comprising:

positioning, by a material-handling system, an unassembled workpiece in a first assembly position within a tacking cell;
performing, by a first plurality of fastening machines, a tack fastening operation on said unassembled workpiece to form a partially assembled workpiece;
transferring, by said material-handling system, said partially assembled workpiece from said tacking cell to a fastening cell;
positioning, by said material-handling system, said partially assembled workpiece in a second assembly position within said fastening cell;
and
performing, by a second plurality of fastening machines, a final fastening operation on said partially assembled workpiece to form an assembled workpiece.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/244,194Filed 23 Aug 2016

Priority

24 Mar 2014

Published

8 Dec 2016

Term ends

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Classification20 codes

B23P 21/004
Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g.…:…
B21J 15/142
Specially adapted for riveting specific articles, e.g. brake lining machines: aerospace structures
B25J 5/02
Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages: travelling along a guideway
B25J 9/1687
Characterised by the tasks executed: assembly, peg and hole, palletising, straight line, weaving pattern movement

System and Method for Assembly Manufacturing

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