Conveyor for mass production of automobile bodies - has double return conveyor to facilitate handling of different body types

摘要

In the mass production of motor vehicles the body shells (7) are moved by a conveyor between lines of robots (15) which perform the required operations. The body shells are mounted on supports (2) which are moved step by step between successive robots by a rack and pinion mechanism. When the body shells reach the end of the line they are removed from the supports. The supports are then transferred to one or the other of two parallel return conveyors (16,17) installed beneath the platform (20) which supports the body conveyor. The double return conveyor enables two different types of body shell to be handled in any order with the support of each type being returned by its respective special conveyor.