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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Setsuo Nakamura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/16 ; B21D 3/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/16 ; B21D 3/902 ;
Abstract
Workpieces (W) made up of vehicular body sides are transported along a production line (,) in an upright attitude, with the roof rail upward and the side sill downward. A plurality of hemming dies (,) for hemming the wheel arch part of the body sides (workpieces (W)) are disposed to the side of the production line (,), a hemming die (,) being held and caused to approach the workpiece (W) by a die transporting robot (,) so as to hem the workpiece, the die transporting robot (,) selecting a hemming die (,) of the plurality of hemming dies (,) that is appropriate for hemming a workpiece that arrives by transporting on the production line (,).