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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Ats Corporation, Cambridge, CA;
Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Cambridge, CA;
David Andrew Tait, Cambridge, CA;
Robert James MacGregor, Cambridge, CA;
ATS Corporation, Cambridge, CA;
Abstract
A method of repitching workpieces in an automated mass production system includes: (a) unloading a set of workpieces from a plurality of first retainers arranged at a first pitch, the unloading step including gripping of the workpieces by corresponding grippers of a repitch robot; (b) adjusting the workpieces from the first pitch to a second pitch different from the first pitch, the adjusting step including translating the grippers relative to each other from a first spacing corresponding to the first pitch to a second spacing corresponding to the second pitch; and (c) loading the workpieces into a plurality of corresponding second retainers arranged at the second pitch, the loading step including positioning and releasing the workpieces in the second retainers via the grippers.