Patent ID: 7110857
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A method for leaving an empty pitch in a vehicle conveyor line, comprising: determining an empty pitch pattern for leaving an empty pitch in a line of vehicles taken into a trim line range of a trim shop from a painted body storage (PBS) via a conveyer line range in conformity with operating and production restriction conditions of the trim shop, and initializing related data of the empty pitch pattern for vehicles entering the conveyer line range and the trim line range; renewing vehicle entrance information of a vehicle having entered the conveyer line range and the trim line range if a new vehicle is taken into the trim line range, and determining whether there is a currently applied empty pitch pattern for the vehicle having entered the trim line range; instructing a trim line controller to leave an empty pitch if a sequential number of a vehicle entering the trim line range is equal to an individual item number DNO determining a number of an empty pitch pattern whose vehicle sequence of a corresponding pseudo pattern is equal to a vehicle sequence of vehicles before entering the trim line range, determining a priority order of the determined empty pitch pattern, and then returning to instructing a trim line controller.