Patent ID: 6493930
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A framing station arrangement for framing a car body from a plurality of separate body components comprising:a bottom plate support means for receiving and supporting a bottom plate of a car body; attachment means for clamping the bottom plate on the bottom plate support means; a robot that brings at least one of the separate body components into engagement with the bottom plate; means for preassembling said body components relative to the bottom plate and/or relative to each other so that the external shape of the car body is achieved; support means formed from a plurality of separate support elements for supporting a preassembled car body; another robot that brings at least one of the support elements of said plurality of support elements into engagement with said bottom plate support means and/or at least another support element, wherein the support means are arranged to form a support means net wherein each of the support elements forming said support means net is clamped either to at least two other support elements and to said bottom plate support means or to at least three other support elements by locking means provided in the support elements.