Mazda Motor Corporation

Yukihiro Okinaka

Hiroshi Fujii

A working apparatus performs predetermined work on moving subject works carried by work carriers, which are coupled to and transported, one after another, by, a conveyor system. The apparatus holds a work carrier at a working station and releases mechanical coupling between the work carrier and the conveyor system upon a detection of a work carrier located in a predetermined position relative to the working station. The work carrier located at the working station is transported at a speed of the work carrier detected in the predetermined position independently from the conveyor system while performing the predetermined work on the subject work carried by the work carrier at the working station. Upon completion of the predetermined work, the work carrier is released so as to restore the mechanical coupling between the work carrier and the conveyor system.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yukihiro Okinaka