摘要 |
Articles are manufactured on a production line including a plurality of independent work supporting and handling elements supported for movement along a conveying line connected to a plurality of stations for the individual treatment of an article. Each station includes at least two short treatment lines supplied with the handling elements by parallel branches of the conveying line, with the branches each being connected to a common discharge conveyor line, whereby each treatment line may receive a group of handling elements with the articles conveyed thereon receiving a plurality of operations at the stations while the articles are supported on the handling elements, with the group being moved from the branch lines after treatment of the entire group is completed.
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