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.
Claims6
A cell comprising:
- a robot including a base provided with a first arm and a second arm thereon;
- a processing stage that periodically receives a workpiece placed thereon by the robot;
- and
- a caster enabling the cell to move;
- wherein a distance between the base and the processing stage is variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.