Flexible Bearbeitungsstation einer Fertigungsstrasse

摘要

An apparatus for changing side and underbody framing gates is shown in the drawings. The apparatus (10) includes a framing station (12) disposed on a support surface (13) along a vehicle body assembly line (14) in a position to receive and hold vehicle bodies (16) for welding. The apparatus (10) also includes a framing gate pair (18) interchangeably supportable at the framing station (12) and including two framing gates (20). Each framing gate (20) carries tools (22) such as locating fixtures and clamps. The locating fixtures are for moving the sub-elements of a vehicle body (16) into desired positions relative to one another for welding, and the clamps are to hold the sub-elements in those relative positions during welding operations. The tools (22) positively locate and hold sub-elements of a vehicle body (16) in pre-determined positions relative to one another when the two framing gates (20) are supported in respective framing positions on either side of a vehicle body (16) received at the framing station (12).