Patent ID: 6298281
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A production and delivery line of mounted assemblies, each including a tire and its service wheel, comprising means for routing tires and wheels, means for assembling said tires on their wheels, means for placement of heels, making it possible, by application of a pressure on the sidewalls of the tire inflated to a given pressure, to displace the heels and position them under the effect of the internal inflation pressure, means controlling storage of mounted assemblies and the lines and units for delivery of said assemblies, characterized in that, in order to deliver assemblies in sync to at least one vehicle manufacturer, it further includes a computer system comprising:a) a computer B making it possible to create and memorize a file of orders from the manufacturer(s) (link a),b) a programmable robot D for management of the automatic loading controls of the delivery units according to a memorized cartography, and queryingc) a programmable robot G for management of the storage means, controlling the entrance and placement of the assemblies after memorization of the scheduling of said means and controlling their exit to the loading lines (link e),d) a main computer C embodying several units, including a data input unit, a unit for memorization for several files, a digital control unit carrying out several processing operations and an output unit, said computer making possible:the capture of data on the entrance and exit movements of the storage means (link f),the processing of said data, as well as data processing transfers from the manufacturer(s) verifying them, modifying them and scheduling them (link b),the memorization of these manufacturing data and data on availabilities of the storage means, as well as those on establishment of the rotating stock,the establishment and transmission of the filling card of the delivery units (link c),the processing, organization and initiation of the necessary production (links h, k),the scheduling of the storage means, andthe transfer to the robots D managing loading and robots G managing storage means (link g).