Transportation system cradle, intermediate product comprising a transportation system cradle and a transportation system structure, assembly plant for manufacturing assembly of a transportation system structure, and method for manufacturing assembly of a transportation system

An intermediate product for the assembly of an escalator or moving walkway system, comprising a system structure that is undergoing assembly and a cradle at an assembly station on which the structure is supported, the structure having a plurality of feet and the cradle having a plurality of foot receptacles, each foot receptacle being embodied and arranged complementarily to a foot of the structure and having means for cradling a received foot, the intermediate product being autonomously transferable for the purpose of being taken to the assembly station and removed from the assembly station, the intermediate product having means for stationary positioning at the assembly station upon the cradle at the assembly station for the purpose of executing a station-specific assembly step on the structure.

An assembly plant for manufacturing assembly and/or assembly of escalator or moving walk systems, comprising:

• a sequence of assembly stations, each of which is capable of executing a station-specific assembly step on a system structure;
• a plurality of system cradles for supporting a corresponding plurality of systems structures, of which at least one cradle, together with a respective system structure form an intermediate product;
• and a control system to simultaneously and/or rhythmically transfer intermediate products into respective ones of the assembly stations for assembly or manufacturing assembly of the system structures of the intermediate products in the respective assembly stations and subsequently transfer the intermediate products to a respective subsequent assembly station.