Citation
(2002), "Automotive assembly apparatus", Industrial Robot, Vol. 29 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2002.04929fad.011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Automotive assembly apparatus
Automotive assembly apparatus
Applicant: Nissan Motor Company Ltd. (JP)Patent Number: US6339874Publication Date: 22 January 2002Title: Assembling apparatus assembling body side of automotive vehicle
This patent relates to an apparatus for assembling a body side of an automotive vehicle. The apparatus assembles various kinds of inner parts to a body side outer part, helping to improve assembly efficiency and accuracy and therefore, reducing production costs and assembly time. The apparatus comprises: a moving body provided in a transfer line; a clamp device mounted to the moving body fixing and positioning a body side outer in an upright position in which the body side outer is fixed in such a manner that a roof rail end of the body side outer is positioned substantially above the side sill end of the body side outer; and an assembling robot disposed in a side of the transfer line, the assembling robot assembling the body side by welding the body side outer positioned by the clamp device. With the lower end of the side sill being held in a fixed position, the assembling operation is performed with respect to the outer body side.