Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for feeding, clamping, and processing, particularly for geometric welding of automobile body components in a work station. The invention method consists of side-section clamping frames which, after receiving a body side section with the help of portal robots which travel along an elevated four-axle portal in the X-Y axis, are brought into the geometrical welding station, positioned at both sides of the body conveyer system for geometrical welding. The device is characterized in that a four-axle portal (2) is arranged above the geometrical welding station and along which four-axle portal (2), on each side of the body conveyer system (1), at least one portal robot (3), from which side-section clamping frames (9) are hung, can travel in the X-Y axis between a position for receiving the body side sections (8) and a position for clamping and welding the body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 1999
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2001
Assignee:
Thyssen Krupp Industries GmbH
Inventors:
Franz-Josef Vogt, Wolf Dieter Lang, Thomas Ego, Kurt J{umlaut over (a)}ck, Hans Peter Erb, Erich Zimmer, Bernd Röhling, Manfred Wiegand