Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Tadashi Tobita

Masashi Sato

Keishi Okunaka

Yoshihiro Kageyama

Akira Kodama

Kenjiro Tsutsumi

Satoru Matsuo

Shinji Yoshino

Noriyuki Honda

Tsutomu Yokota

A first holding frame of a component holding unit is allowed to hold a plurality of components composing a first assembly and a second holding frame of the component holding unit is allowed to hold a plurality of components composing a second assembly which is to be mounted on the first assembly. The first assembly held onto the first holding frame and the second assembly held onto the second holding frame are assembled by an assembly work unit. The second holding frame is allowed to reciprocate towards the first holding frame to pass the second assembly from the second holding, frame to the first holding frame. Thereafter, the first assembly and the second assembly which are held onto the first holding frame are assembled and coupled together by the assembly work unit.

Assembling method and apparatus for assembly, and assembling method and apparatus for workpiece

A device for machining the flange part of a wheel arch, wherein a machining mechanism includes, as general-purpose drive parts, first to third cylinders, and the work bending mold for bending the flange part of the wheel arch, work receiving mold, and work guide of the machining mechanism are replaceable with those of the other types. When a dedicated mold is replaced according to the shape of a work, the entire part of the machining mechanism must not be replaced, but merely the work bending mold, work receiving mold and work guide may be replaced with those of the other types.

Method and device for machining flange part of wheel arch

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Tochigi, Japan

Tadashi Tobita