High density welding subassembly machine
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1. An apparatus for welding motor vehicle components comprising:
- a weld station;
a load/unload station;
a pallet mounted for reciprocal movement between the load/unload station and the weld station and having a plurality of successive pallet substations thereon for receipt of component subassemblies; and
a transfer system proximate the load/unload station operative with the pallet positioned at the load/unload station to move the component subassembly at each substation to the next successive substation and add a further component to each moved subassembly so that the component subassembly at a particular pallet substation includes one more component than the subassembly at the immediately preceding substation and one less component than the component subassembly at the immediately succeeding substation.
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Abstract
An apparatus for welding motor vehicle body component subassemblies at a weld station. First and second pallets are arranged for reciprocal movement between a load/unload station and the weld station and the pallets are alternately moved from a load/unload station to the weld station while the other pallet is moved from the weld station to a load/unload station. Each pallet has a plurality of substations for receipt of component subassemblies and, while each pallet is at the load/unload station, the component subassembly at each substation is moved to the next successive substation and a further component is added to the moved component.
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1. An apparatus for welding motor vehicle components comprising:
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a weld station; a load/unload station; a pallet mounted for reciprocal movement between the load/unload station and the weld station and having a plurality of successive pallet substations thereon for receipt of component subassemblies; and a transfer system proximate the load/unload station operative with the pallet positioned at the load/unload station to move the component subassembly at each substation to the next successive substation and add a further component to each moved subassembly so that the component subassembly at a particular pallet substation includes one more component than the subassembly at the immediately preceding substation and one less component than the component subassembly at the immediately succeeding substation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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