Patent ID: 6863210

Claim:
A method for assembling a plurality of component individual elements to form a complex composite component, comprising: (a) introducing the component individual elements in a predetermined spatial orientation into clamping elements adapted to a geometry of a corresponding component individual element; (b) positioning the component individual elements fixed in the clamping elements relative to one another with a clamping frame receiving the clamping elements; (c) equipping the clamping frame in an introduction station with clamping elements into which the corresponding component individual elements are introduced in the introducing step; (d) arranging the equipped clamping frame in an assembly station and assembling the component individual elements with one another to form an intermediate component; (e) arranging the clamping frame together with the intermediate component located thereon in the introduction station and equipping the clamping frame with further clamping elements into which corresponding additional component individual elements are introduced in the introducing step; and (f) arranging the equipped clamping frame again in the assembly station and assembling the additional component individual elements with the intermediate component to form a finished component.