Patent ID: 6170163
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B25H,B27F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling the components of an assembly on a work surface using a laser imaging system, said work surface including a plurality of jigs moveable on said work surface and fixable to said work surface to define the relative positions of said assembly components, and said jigs each including a laser alignment indicia on a top surface of said jigs spaced above said work surface, said indicia spaced a predetermined distance from a side surface of said jigs, and said side surfaces of said jigs defining said relative positions of said components of said assembly when assembled on said work surface, said method comprising the following steps:projecting a laser image on said work surface, said laser image including an enlarged outline of at least a portion of said components of said assembly in the desired location spaced laterally from an outline of said components a distance equal to said predetermined distance from said indicia to said side surface of said jigs and spaced vertically from said work surface a distance equal to the distance between said work surface and said top surface of said jigs;moving a plurality of jigs on said work surface to align said laser alignment indicia on said top surface of said jigs with said laser image enlarged outline and fixing said jigs on said work surface, wherein said side surfaces of said jigs in combination define an outline of said components of said assembly in the desired assembled position; andplacing said components of said assembly on said work surface adjacent said side surfaces of said jigs and assembling said components in said assembly.