Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Hayato Sato

Shinsuke Nakamura

Yasushi Watanabe

Yuzo Yamamoto

Koichi Takeuchi

A panel conveyance system includes a pin member, a bar pad facing a panel right lower portion, a block pad facing a panel left lower portion, a bar guide positioned outside an outer edge end of the panel left lower portion, and a conveyance robot. The panel conveyance system further includes a panel take-out control unit that hangs a panel on a pin member, and a temporary retention control unit that causes the bar pad to come into contact with a surface of the panel right lower portion, causes the block pad to come into contact with a surface of the panel left lower portion, and causes the bar guide to come into contact with the panel left lower portion to temporarily retain the panel while keeping the panel hung on the pin member, and a holding control unit that holds the temporarily retained panel with a clamp.

Panel holding device and panel holding method

A method for assembling a vehicle body wherein, first a floor and a side panel are positioned in the height direction thereof. Thereafter, the floor and the side panel are pressed without deforming the floor and the floor and the side panel are positioned. A roof is subsequently set on the upper section of the side panel and the front section and the rear section of the side panel and the front section and the rear section of the roof are positioned.

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Tochigi, Japan

Hayato Sato