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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tibor Csakvary, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lanson Y Shum, Wexford Borough, PA (US);
Bernard Miller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414751 ; 269 58 ;
Abstract
A programmable assembly system for performing any of a variety of operations for different batch assemblies wherein at least some of the batches have different end points is obtained by using a limited capability, high reliable, high speed pick and place robot 30 mounted on a machine base 10 which has the capability of shifting its table 14 in any of three perpendicular directions so that any style changeover between batches the machine base is operated in a program manner to set up for a different batch operation.