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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1992
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Naruhiko Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kawabe, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an assembling and machining apparatus which allows flexibly for changes in the machining/assembling setup following a modification in the production line configuration, thereby reducing the down time that occurs between such changes. Workpieces and/or part feeding pallets circulate along a loop-like transfer path composed of a first and a second transfer path and of two return units. A transfer unit takes the necessary workpiece or pallet from the circulation on the transfer path into a working area of one assembling/machining unit for work. With the current work completed, the workpiece or pallet is returned to the transfer path for subsequent work. The process is suitably performed by each assembling/machining unit. The workpiece or pallet on which all work is completed is detected by detecting means, either for transfer to the transfer path of the next adjacent assembling and machining apparatus or for ejection out of the current apparatus.