Five axis production line handler

A five-axis production line handler that positions and orients an item on a production line gantry chassis rail system comprising:

• a handler shoulder fixedly suspended vertically downward from the gantry chassis;
• the handler shoulder being rotational on a plate like shoulder axle intermediate the gantry chassis and the handler shoulder;
• the gantry chassis being mobile on the gantry chassis rail system;
• two spaced apart handler columns fixedly suspended vertically downward from the handler shoulder;
• the two handler columns including a first handler column fixedly suspended vertically downward from a first portion of the handler shoulder on a first side of the shoulder axle and a second handler column fixedly suspended vertically downward from a second portion of the handler shoulder on a second side of the shoulder axle;
• the handler columns terminate vertically above a production line floor, horizontally circumferentially positioned by rotation of the handler shoulder about a vertical axis of the shoulder axle;
• each of the two handler columns include parallel vertical slideway surfaces;
• a hoist having a first hoist portion pivotally attached within the first handler column and a second hoist portion pivotally attached within the second handler column;
• a hoist lifter intermediate the handler shoulder and the hoist;
• the hoist lifter raises and lowers the hoist within the handler columns selectively;
• a first hoist carriage pivotally attached to the first hoist portion;
• a second hoist carriage pivotally attached to the second hoist portion;
• the hoist pivotally attached to the hoist lifter;
• the first hoist carriage being in traveling contact within the first handler column and the second hoist carriage being in traveling contact within the second handler column;
• the first hoist carriage includes parallel sliders in sliding contact with the parallel slideway surfaces of the first handler column;
• the second hoist carriage includes parallel sliders in sliding contact with parallel slideway surfaces of the second handler column;
• a first item rotation axle attached rotatively to the first hoist carriage;
• and
• a second item-rotation axle attached rotatively to the second carriage,
• the first item-rotation axle includes a first item holder and the second item rotation axle includes a second item holder for holding select production items intermediate the first item holder and the second item holder while being produced selectively
• the first item holder includes a first-axle hub affixed circumferentially and linearly on the first item-rotation axle,
• the second item holder includes a second-axle hub affixed circumferentially and linearly on the second item-rotation axle,
• a first attachment plate connected to the first axle hub includes an item-contact area that receives and positions a first portion of a production item,
• a second attachment plate connected to the second axle hub includes an item contact area that receives and positions a second portion of a production item,
• the first item-rotation axle includes an item rotator and a first brake, said first brake maintains desired circumferential positioning of the first item-rotation axle,
• any item on the first item-rotation axle and any item attached between the first-item rotation axle and to the second item rotation axle,
• the first and second attachment plates affixed to the first and second-axle hubs with flexible fasteners providing askew attachment on the axle hubs,
• wherein the handler is structured for designedly rigid and unyielding positioning of the production item.