The transport device is elongated and consists either of a stainless steel band or a series of precision-machined rugged links interconnected by ball bearings and running on cam followers. The ability to reuse a machine in a different assembly line configuration. A process in which a series of discrete parts are assembled in different locations on a common base. Any failure to add a component has no affect on subsequent operations. A platform for transferring parts on a conveyor from one assembly station to the next.
Pallets often carry fixtures.
The distance from one index point to the next. A stored program device used in sequencing, timing and counting discrete events. A type of synchronous assembly system. The central indexing drive turns a circular steel plate. Cams on the drive synchronize the operations of four to 24 stations nestled around the dial's circumference.