Assembly apparatus
AssigneeVirtek Vision International Inc.
InventorEdward S. Bianchin
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Abstract
An assembly apparatus for assembling components including a work surface, a laser projector, a computer controlling the laser projector to protect a laser image on the work surface, and an ejector lifting a completed assembly from the work surface having a retro-reflective surface within a field of view of the laser projector when the ejector is lifted, such that the laser projector scans the retro-reflective surface and the computer determines at least one of the number of completed assemblies made and the time required to make the assembly.
Claims10
An apparatus for assembling components of an assembly, comprising:
- a work surface for receiving components of an assembly;
- a laser projector for projecting a laser image on said work surface;
- a computer controlling said laser projector to project a laser image on said work surface for assembly of the components;
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- an ejector lifting a completed assembly from said work surface having a retro-reflective surface in a field of view of said laser projector when said ejector is lifted, whereby said laser projector scans said retro-reflective surface of said ejector and said computer determining at least one of the number of completed assemblies made and the time required to make a completed assembly.
An apparatus for assembling a truss, comprising:
- a work table having a work surface for assembling components of a truss;
- a laser projector mounted over said work surface for projecting a laser image on said work surface;
- a computer controlling said laser projector to project a laser image on said work surface for assembly of a truss;
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- a plurality of ejectors in said table lifting an assembled truss from said table, each ejector having a retro-reflective surface within a field of view of said laser projector, whereby said laser projector scanned said retro-reflective surface of said ejectors upon removal of an assembled truss and said computer determines at least one of the number of assembled trusses made and the time required to make a truss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.