Patent ID: 7946329

Claim:
An automated system for manufacturing a part of a fuel cell stack, the system comprising: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) supply unit for supplying an MEA; a gas diffusion layer (GDL) supply unit arranged in parallel to the MEA supply unit for supplying a GDL; a hot press for compressing and bonding the MEA supplied from the MEA supply unit and the GDL supplied from the GDL supply unit at a high temperature and a high pressure; a punching press for cutting the bonded MEA and GDL into a predetermined size; and a robot for transferring the MEA of the MEA supply unit and the GDL of the GDL supply unit to the hot press, and transferring the bonded MEA and GDL from the hot press to the punching press, wherein an elevator device is provided in the MEA supply unit for elevating MEAs stacked in the MEA supply unit according as the MEA is supplied to a working area of the hot press.