CONVEYANCE SYSTEM FOR INTERFACE WITH COMPONENT PRODUCTION AND ASSEMBLY EQUIPMENT

摘要

Machinery for automated manufacture of formed wire structures (2) such as innerspring assemblies for mattresses and seating and flexible support structures includes one or more coil formation devices (201, 202) configurable to produce helical spring coils having a terminal convolution which extends beyond an end of the coil. The machinery includes a conveyor system (301, 302) having a plurality of flights slidably mounted upon a continuous track and connected to a chain and driven by an index driver. The flights are connected to a drive system which enables variable spacing between the flights so that the conveyor can be loaded with articles at one spacing interval and be unloaded at a different interval.