Production line

A production line comprising:

• a base;
• a plurality of machines that machine a workpiece and are arranged in a line on a machine placing surface of the base;
• an inter-machine workpiece conveying device that delivers the workpiece between a workpiece delivery position of one of the machines and a workpiece receiving position of another one of the machines;
• positioning/fixing means for positioning and fixing each of the machines in the line onto the machine placing surface of the base;
• and
• moving means for facilitating sliding movement of each of the machines along the machine placing surface of the base, the moving means comprising a v-groove rail extending along a movement direction of the respective machine, a ball that engages with the V-groove rail, and a hydropneumatic device for urging the ball toward the V-groove rail to lift the respective machine from the machine placing surface of the base.

A production line comprising:

• a base;
• a plurality of machines that machine a workpiece and are arranged in a line on a machine placing surface of the base;
• an inter-machine workpiece conveying device that delivers the workpiece between a workpiece deliver, position of one of the machines and a workpiece receiving position of another one of the machines;
• positioning/fixing means for positioning and fixing each of the machines in the line onto the machine placing surface of the base;
• moving means for facilitating sliding movement of each of the machines along the machine placing surface of the base to permit the respective machine to be slidingly drawn off of the machine placing surface of the base;
• and
• a maintenance stand onto which the respective machine slidingly drawn off of the machine placing surface of the base by the moving means is placed, the maintenance stand having a rigidity and vibration-proof property that are equivalent to those of the base, wherein the maintenance stand includes:
• a machine placing surface for directly placing thereon the respective machine, which is slidingly drawn off of the machine placing surface of the base, by arranging the machine placing surface of the maintenance stand in contact with the machine placing surface of the base;
• height adjusting means for adjusting a leveling and height of the machine placing surface of the maintenance stand;
• positioning means for positioning the respective machine on the machine placing surface of the maintenance stand;
• and
• fixing means for fixing the positioned respective machine on the machine placing surface of the maintenance stand.

A production line comprising:

• a base;
• a plurality of machines that machine a workpiece and are arranged in a line on a machine placing surface of the base;
• an inter-machine workpiece conveying a device that delivers the workpiece between a. workpiece delivery position of one of the machines and a workpiece receiving position of another one of the machines;
• positioning/fixing means for positioning and fixing each of the machines in the line onto the machine placing surface of the base. the positioning/fixing means including fixing means comprising first screw-coupling means for fastening the base and the respective machine to each others;
• moving means for facilitating sliding movement of each of the machines along the machine placing surface of the base to permit the respective machine to be slidingly drawn off of the machine placing surface of the base;
• a maintenance stand onto which each of the machines slidingly drawn off of the machine placing surface of the base by the moving means is placed, the maintenance stand having the same height as the base;
• and
• second screw-coupling means provided between the maintenance stand and the respective machine for screw-coupling the respective machine to the maintenance stand.

A production line comprising:

• a plurality of production devices arranged in a line for machining a workpiece by conveyance of the workpiece successively to the production devices, each of the production devices having a machine for machining the workpiece, an individual base for supporting the machine, a mounting unit that removably integrally mounts the machine on a surface of the individual base, and a positioning moving unit hat positions the machine on the surface of the individual base and that facilitates sliding movement of the machine along the surface of the individual base to permit the machine to be slidingly drawn off of the surface of the individual base when the machine is not mounted on the surface of the individual base by the mounting unit;
• and
• a maintenance stand onto which the machine slidinglv drawn off of the surface of the individual base is placed for transportation away from the production line and/or for undergoing a maintenance operation;
• wherein the positioning/moving unit comprises at least one grooved rail formed on the surface of the individual base, a ball that engages the grooved rail, a hydropneumatic device that urges the ball into engagement with the grooved rail to position the machine on the individual base in a lateral direction of the machine and to permit the machine to be slidingly drawn off of the surface of the individual base in a longitudinal direction of the machine, and a stopper mounted on a base frame of the individual base for positioning the machine in the longitudinal direction of the machine.