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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Sergio Cappa, Turin, IT;
Antonio Recupero, Turin, IT;
Advanced Technologies S.r.l., Pianezza, IT;
Abstract
A motor vehicle body assembly and welding station comprises a pair of facing tool ( ) support conformators ( ) designed to work on the body and taken between them by a conveyor system ( ). The conformators are movable between a rest position in which the body is free to enter and exit the station and a work position in which the tools are near the body to work on it. At least some of the tools ( ) comprise measurement means ( ) for the relative position of facing body parts and the conformators have an intermediate position between said work and rest positions. On command control means ( ) take the conformator into said intermediate position and activate the measurement means ( ) to determine the agreement of body dimensions with predetermined measurement intervals and issue acceptance or rejection signals ( ) for the body on the basis of the survey result.