08-10-2014, 12:11 PM
Abstracts: An automobile body assembly and processing line is made up of a plurality of central units along which are conveyed and supplied the parts to be assembled and processed and beside the line thus formed are associated side units on which are mounted the manually controlled or robotized operating machines as well as the auxiliary operating and control equipment. The side units forming assembled sub-wholes are connectable to the respective central units through prepared separable connections. An apparatus for assembling an automotive body on an assembly line having a right-hand body subassembly line, a left-hand body subassembly line and an underbody subassembly line, for delivery to a pallet transport system for movement through a body framing subassembly line. The apparatus includes an overhead transport system for transporting automotive components along at least one of the subassembly lines and for conveying the automotive components along a pallet transport system on the body framing subassembly line.