Patent ID: 6591721
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B23P,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A workstation for substantially concurrently processing subassemblies that are at different stages of a dynamo-electric machine core manufacturing process, comprising:a row of subassembly receiving structures placed in a workflow direction wherein said row includes a first receiving structure in an upstream area and a last receiving structure in a downstream area, and wherein said receiving structures are designed for holding said subassemblies in position for processing; a sequence of processing units wherein each unit processes said subassemblies that are at one of said stages, and wherein each unit is associated with at least one of said receiving structures; a table having a table top supported above a floor on legs wherein said table top has a length along said workflow direction and a lateral width perpendicular to said work flow direction, and wherein said receiving structures and at least one of said units are supported on said table top; and a transferor for substantially simultaneously advancing a group of said subassemblies through said row of receiving structures, said transferor comprises a movable central beam having a row of subassembly holders disposed thereon wherein said central beam operates above said table top.