Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Other

Yoshida Kogyo K.k.

Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd.

Toyo Aluminum K.k.

Yutaka Sato

Teruo Yoshioka

Shoji Nakano

Takeo Yoshiji

Akihisa Inoue

Tsuyoshi Masumoto

Kazuhiko Kita

Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Satoru Ichihashi

Noriaki Matsumoto

Akira Takeshima

Yuzo Abe

Shuzo Fujimoto

Koichi Morita

Kohji Ohsawa

Wataru Takada

A belt of a variator is automatically assembled into a pair of pulleys. The pulleys are held by a pulley holding unit which has a pair of holding members for holding the pulleys such that axial lines of the pulleys become parallel to each other. The pulleys are arranged to be relatively moved such that a sheave half of each of the pulleys is brought into a groove of the other of the pulleys. A belt feeding unit feeds the belt. A belt assembly head pinches the belt to be fed from the belt feeding unit for extending it across the pair of pulleys. The belt assembly head has belt pinching devices and an arrangement for moving the belt pinching devices which pinch an intermediate portion of one side of the belt and an intermediate portion of the other side of the belt. By operating the pinching devices such that one longitudinal end of the belt becomes narrower or larger, one end and the other end of the belt are sequentially assembled into one and the other of the pair of pulleys which are held in a condition in which the sheave half of each of the pulleys is brought into the groove of the other of the pulleys.

Apparatus for assembling belt of variator

A set oil ring to be assembled into a piston ring groove is made up of a spacer ring and a pair of side rail rings to be placed on both sides thereof. In assembling one of the side rail rings into a first groove portion which is on an upper side of the spacer ring in the piston ring groove, a guide member, which can be moved up and down for fitting the rings onto a piston, is moved to a first fitting position which is substantially the same level as the groove wall surface of the first groove portion. A restricting member is disposed oppositely in front of the guide member while leaving a clearance facing the first groove portion. One of the side rail rings is pushed out of the front end of the guide member in a condition in which split end portions of the spacer ring are restricted by the restricting member so as not to overlap. In assembling the other of the side rail rings into a second groove portion, which is on the lower side of the spacer ring in the piston ring groove, the guide member is moved to a second fitting position in which the front end of the guide member becomes substantially equal in level to that surface of the spacer ring which is on the side of the second groove portion. The other of the side rail rings is pushed out of the front end of the guide member in a condition in which the split end portions of the spacer ring are restricted by an internal surface of the guide member so as not to overlap.

Method of assembling set oil ring on piston

A solidified amorphous alloy material is produced from a melt of its desired metal material. A melt feeding route is provided with a first-stage quenching zone. The melt is quenched to a predetermined temperature in the first-stage quenching zone. The thus-quenched melt is then introduced into a second-stage quenching and solidification zone, whereby the melt is cooled further and solidified into a solidified material having an amorphous phase.

Production process of solidified amorphous alloy material

A working line having a plurality of work stations arranged in series and a free-flow transport conveyor for transporting workpieces to the work stations. An outer frame supporting the conveyor extends over the work stations. A jig base is provided in each of the work stations and is inserted into a framed space of the outer frame. A jig is provided on each of the jig base supporting and positioning each of the workpieces on the transport conveyor at the respective work station. The transport conveyor includes a main transport conveyor on the outer frame, a plurality of pallets riding on the main transport conveyor, and a return conveyor supported on the outer frame under the transport conveyor for returning empty pallets to a starting end of the line. The transport conveyor and return conveyor comprise, respectively, a pair of right and left conveying members provided in parallel to each other on both lateral sides thereof. The outer frame includes a plurality of supporting frames in portal shape provided at a predetermined pitch along the working line, a pair of right and left guide members for the transport conveyor extendedly provided between upper portions of the supporting frames for guiding the conveying members of the transport conveyor, and a pair of right and left guide members for the return conveyor extendedly provided between lower portions of the supporting frames for guiding the conveying members of the return conveyor.

Working line

An apparatus having a robot on an frame having in front thereof a jig base for positioning thereon workpieces to which parts are to be assembled. The robot supports an assembling head equipped with a parts-holding member movable in a longitudinal and a vertical direction towards and away from the jig base so that the parts can be picked up out of a parts-containing pallet supplied at a predetermined pickup position on the frame and assembled to the workpiece positioned on the jig base. A pair of front and rear pallet chambers are formed in a space under the frame such that parts-containing pallets can be brought in and taken out in a stacked condition, one of the chambers being used as a feeding pallet chamber and the other as a discharging pallet chamber. A pallet conveying apparatus is provided to lift the parts-containing pallets fed to the feeding pallet chamber to an upper position of the chamber successively from the uppermost one, transport them from the upper position to an upper position of the discharging pallet chamber, and then lower them into the discharging pallet chamber. The parts inside the parts-containing pallets are picked up by the assembling head with the pallets stopped in the pickup position which is set at the upper position of the front side pallet chamber.

Automatic assembly apparatus

The fly wheel and the ignition coil are set on the set jig with a comparatively large space left therebetween so that the two do not adhere to each other during the placement thereof. After the fly wheel and the ignition coil are placed on the set jig and are delivered to the two holding means of the assembling jig, a large space is maintained between the fly wheel and the ignition coil so that when the fly wheel is turned to be aligned, there is no magnetic force acting between the fly wheel and the ignition coil. Thus, the fly wheel can be easily assembled to the crankshaft. Thereafter, the ignition coil is brought to approach the fly wheel and is assembled to the engine main body where it is located at its normal facing position in relation to the fly wheel.

An assembling jig for assembling a fly wheel and an ignition coil to an

Process for assembling a fly wheel and an ignition coil to an engine

An automatic assembling apparatus is provided for assembling in sequence at least a first component and a second component to an article at an assembling station. The assembling apparatus comprises a first assembling jig for the first assembling component and a second assembling jig for the second component. An annular rail has the first and second assembling jigs mounted thereon such that they are circumferentially movable on the annular rail. The annular rail has a movable rail portion positioned opposite the assembling station which is movable to advance toward and retract from the assembling station. At least one supplying station is positioned with respect to the circumference of the annular rail for supplying components to the assembling jigs at the supplying station. Each of the assembling jigs and a corresponding component are positioned in sequence on the movable rail portion such that the advance movement of the movable rail portion moves the assembling jigs to an assembling position at the assembling station for sequentially carrying out the assembly of each component to the article.

Automatic assembling apparatus

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Sayama, Japan

Yutaka Sato