Production system general-purpose cell
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasatoshi Ono, Christoph Meyerhoff
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Abstract
In a production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell includes a base unit having a planar shape of quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of quadrangle, a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit, and a processing area extending outside the base unit. The robot supported by the base unit having a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area.
Claims15
A production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell comprising:
- a base unit having a planar shape of a quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of the quadrangle;
- a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit;
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- a processing area extending outside the base unit;
- wherein the robot supported by the base unit has a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area;
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- the cell itself includes the parts supply unit disposed in the base unit, and the processing area also has a planar shape of a quadrangle.
A production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell comprising:
- a base unit having a planar shape of a quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of the quadrangle;
- a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit;
- and
- a processing area extending outside the base unit;
- wherein the robot supported by the base unit has a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area;
- a ceiling supported through a support is provided in an upper portion of the base unit;
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- the robot is supported by the base unit in a manner of being hung from the ceiling.
A production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell comprising:
- a base unit having a planar shape of a quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of the quadrangle;
- a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit;
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- a processing area extending outside the base unit;
- wherein the robot supported by the base unit has a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area;
- a ceiling supported through a support is provided in an upper portion of the base unit;
- the robot is supported by the base unit in a manner of being hung from the ceiling;
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- the robot is of a SCARA type robot including first and second arms each having a motion area of one of a circle and a circular arc, the second arm being passable through a position overlapping the first arm.
A production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell comprising:
- a base unit having a planar shape of a quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of quadrangle;
- a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit;
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- a processing area extending outside the base unit;
- wherein the robot supported by the base unit has a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area;
- a side wall standing upright to the base unit is provided separately from the processing area in the base unit;
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- the robot is supported by the base unit in such a manner that the robot protrudes from the side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.