Vehicle production line has a rail alongside, with magnets at assembly stations to hold trailers containing components and prevent them from rolling away

摘要

At a motor vehicle production line (1), a trailer (4) is brought to specific stations carrying the components for the assembly of the vehicle (2). A locking unit (5), to prevent the trailer rolling away, has a permanent or electro-magnet (6) at a rail (3) along the production line to hold the trailer by magnetic force.