Apparatus for assembling motorcar vehicle body

Abstract

An apparatus for assembling a motorcar vehicle body by welding right and left side panels to other vehicle body constituting members such as a floor panel, a roof panel and the like. A movable frame is provided respectively on right side and left side of an assembling station into which the other vehicle body constituting members are brought. The movable frame is movable back and forth between a laterally outward waiting position and a laterally inward welding position. A pair of presetting apparatuses respectively moves a presetting jig into and out of a space between the assembling station and the respective movable frame which is in the waiting position. The presetting jig holds a plurality of parts which constitute the side panel in a predetermined positional relationship. A setting jig is detachably mounted on the respective movable frame and receives the plurality of parts from the presetting jig. A plurality of welding robots are mounted on the movable frame for welding the plurality of parts to thereby assemble the side panel and for welding the side panel to the other vehicle body constituting members.

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