A vehicle body transport system includes an unmanned carrier carrying and transporting a vehicle body between work stations; and an imaging device including an imaging part imaging a traveling route of the unmanned carrier and the surroundings of the traveling route from above, an analysis part analyzing an image captured by the imaging part, and a transmission part transmitting a signal to the unmanned carrier. When a moving object other than the unmanned carrier carrying the vehicle body is present in the image, the analysis part predicts whether a movement trajectory that the vehicle body passes after a predetermined time intersects a movement position where the moving object is located after the predetermined time. When predicting that the movement trajectory and the movement position intersect after the predetermined time, the transmission part transmits an emergency operation signal to the unmanned carrier before the predetermined time elapses.

A vehicle body production system includes a plurality of turntables including a plurality of jigs disposed therein and configured to weld and assemble a panel, a supply robot configured to grip the panel and supply the panel to the turntable, an assembly robot provided beside the turntable and configured to weld and assemble the panel supplied to the turntable, a take-out robot configured to take out the welded and assembled panel, and a control unit configured to control the supply robot to grip a plurality of panels and supply the plurality of panels to the turntable depending on a vehicle type, to control the assembly robot to sequentially weld and assemble the supplied panels while rotating the turntable depending on the vehicle type, and to control the take-out robot to take out the welded and assembled panels.

A vehicle body assembly system each forming a pre-buck section and a main-buck section set along a transport path of the floor assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a pre-buck unit configured in the pre-buck section to regulate the seal side and the front and rear sides of side assemblies that are different for each vehicle type, and to assemble the side assembly and the floor assembly, and a main-buck unit configured in the main-buck section to regulates the roof portion and the quarter portion of the side assembly assembled to the floor assembly in the pre-buck section, assemble the roof portion, cowl, roof rail and package tray and assemble the quarter portion and the floor assembly.

Object adjusting apparatus and related methods for use with automotive manufacturing systems are disclosed. A disclosed object adjuster for an automotive manufacturing system includes a frame. The object adjuster also includes a guide supported by the frame and positioned near a conveyor configured to convey an object. The object adjuster also includes a receiver slidably coupled to the guide. The receiver includes a portion that is configured to engage an attachment movably coupled to the object to adjust the attachment when the object moves.

A mobile cart for use in handling vehicle parts, that includes a base subassembly including a first side and a second side, and a storage subassembly coupled to the base subassembly. The storage subassembly includes a first row of swing arms extending along the first side, and a second row of swing arms extending along the second side. The swing arms in the first row and the second row are positionable between an upright position and a lowered position. When in the upright position, a first slot is defined between each swing arm in the first row, and a second slot is defined between each swing arm in the second row, such that a respective first slot is axially aligned with a respective second slot relative to the mobile cart such that a plurality of retention slots are defined that are oriented and sized to receive a vehicle part therein.

The invention relates to a method for assembling a product or portion of a product (10), on an assembly site (SA), comprising an assembly line (LA), the assembly line comprising a plurality of assembly stations (S1, S2, S3, etc.) and at least one mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.), the method comprising the following steps applied to each mobile platform of the at least one mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.): h) loading on the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) a plurality of objects, comprising one or more elementary parts (P1A, P2A, P3A, P4, P5, P6, etc.) and/or one or more partial assemblies (AP1, AP2, . . . APi) constituting the product to be assembled or a portion of the product to be assembled on the assembly line (LA); i) moving the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) to an assembly station of the plurality of assembly stations (S1, S2, S3, etc.) of the assembly line (LA); j) transferring onto the assembly station one or more objects of the plurality of objects present on the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.); k) modifying or assembling the one or more objects transferred in step c), so as to constitute an intermediate object; I) transferring onto the mobile platform (PMA, PMB, etc.) the intermediate object constituted in the preceding step, so that, for the subsequent steps of the method, the object or said plurality of objects transferred in step c) are replaced in the plurality of objects with the intermediate object constituted in step d); m) repeating steps b) to e) so that the platform moves consecutively from an assembly station, at which an intermediate object is constituted, to another station, at which another intermediate object is constituted.

The invention relates to the automation system providing automatic assembly/disassembly of the vehicle subsystems such as wheel, suspension, axle complex, power transfer etc. of the military land vehicles. In particular, the invention relates to the military land vehicles assembly/disassembly automation systems comprising the drive tower (100), which moves on the “X” axis by the tower movement system (133) drive on the rail (500) anchored to the ground, which is connected with the mounting apparatus (111) of the vehicle body (700) and provides that the height on the “Z” axis with the ball screw (120) to be suitable for mounting, the slave tower (150), which moves on the “Y” axis by the tower movement system (133) drive on the rail (500) anchored to the ground, which is connected with the mounting apparatus (111) of the vehicle body (700) and provides that the height in the “Z” axis with the ball screw (120) to be suitable for mounting, the automatically guided vehicle (600), which has heavy tonnage capacity and the ability to move on X, Y and Z axes on which the work piece (800) to be mounted is positioned, controllable on all of the axis (X,Y and Z) except the manual PLC control (program) with the remote control panel (300) and with wireless or vehicle controller (601) on it, and which is rechargeable and has wireless power supply (traction battery) (602), PLC (400) with programmable structure having its own database that controls all moving elements within the automation system and safety systems within the program limits.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a first manufacturing cell for assembling a structure is provided. The first manufacturing cell for assembling the structure may include a plurality of first robots positioned around a common point in a first configuration, and a plurality of second robots positioned around the common point in a second configuration, the second configuration being closer to the common point than the first configuration. One of the plurality of first robots is configured to translate towards and away from the common point to interact with one of the plurality of second robots or one of the plurality of second robots is configured to translate towards and away from the common point to interact with one of the plurality of first robots.

A method of assembling a vehicle driveline component that includes: positioning a rotary component and first race member on a fixture such that the first race member is concentric with a first race of the component; offsetting the first race member along the rotational axis relative to the first race; providing an annular bearing arrangement having balls and spacers; positioning the arrangement such that the centers of the balls are along a loading cylinder disposed concentrically about the rotational axis; moving the arrangement so the balls seat in the first race and the centers are distributed along an installation circle that is: a) larger in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an outer race of a bearing assembly; or b) smaller in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an inner race of a bearing assembly. A related tooling system is also provided.

A manufacturing system for assembling a vehicle includes a structure having a plurality of levels and including a plurality of manufacturing cells distributed among the plurality of levels. The manufacturing system includes a plurality of manufacturing capsules disposable at the plurality of manufacturing cells and configured to support a vehicular manufacturing process to assemble the vehicle, where the vehicular manufacturing process includes a plurality of manufacturing operations. The manufacturing system includes a transport system configured to move the plurality of manufacturing capsules to the plurality of manufacturing cells, where the transport system includes a vertical transport system configured to longitudinally move the plurality of manufacturing capsules between the plurality of levels. The manufacturing system includes a control system configured to control movement of the manufacturing capsules with the transport system.