Automatic production and assembly machine

A workstation for an automatic production and assembly machine which has:

• a base unit with a transport element which is formed by a rotor which is rotary driven around a vertical machine axis;
• several receivers which are provided on the transport element, on a periphery of the rotor for components;
• and a drive for the transport element to move second receivers past work positions in a clocked manner, on which function units can be mounted on the base unit and which are connected by at least one data and control section to a central electronic control means, wherein electrical equipment coding, which identifies each unit is assigned to each of the function units and can be transmitted by the data and control section from the respective function unit to the central electronic control unit,
• wherein the equipment coding contains an identification which indicates a combination of several function units which are present on one work position.

A workstation for an automatic production and assembly machine which has:

• a base unit with a transport element which is formed by a rotor which is rotary driven around a vertical machine axis;
• several receivers which are provided on the transport element, on a periphery of the rotor for components;
• and a drive for the transport element to move second receivers past work positions in a clocked manner, on which function units can be mounted on the base unit and which are connected by at least one data and control section to a central electronic control means, wherein electrical equipment coding, which identifies each unit is assigned to each of the function units and can be transmitted by the data and control section from the respective function unit to the central electronic control unit,
• wherein in function units of a second group, each function unit has a bus coupler which is connected to the data and control section for data transmission between the data and control section and electronics which are provided on the function unit of the second group, wherein in the electronics of the function units of the second group the equipment identification is filed and wherein the electronics forms a location identification based on a coding which is provided on a respective work position.

An automatic production and assembly machine for producing and assembling workpieces, said machine comprising:

• a base unit with a rotor which is rotary driven around a vertical machine axis, with a plurality of receivers on a periphery of the rotor for receiving the workpieces during assembling, and with a drive for the rotor to move the plurality of receivers past work positions in a stepwise manner,
• function units which are mounted on the work positions on the base unit, the function units being work stations and/or tools,
• central electronic control means,
• at least one data and control section or bus in between the function units and the central electronic control means,
• electrical coding means on each function unit providing an electrical coding identifying this unit and at least comprising:
• an equipment identification which indicates the type of the respective function unit, and
• a positioning identification which indicates the position of the respective function unit on the base unit,
• said electrical coding being transmitted from the respective function unit to the central electronic control means by said at least one data and control section, the central electronic control means comprising,
• means for storing the actual configuration of the automatic production and assembly machine, which configuration is derived from the electrical coding of all the function units of the machine, and
• means for comparing this actual configuration with a desired machine configuration.