Patent ID: 7111390

Claim:
A parts mounting and assembling apparatus comprising: a base unit including: a body containing a device to be used in common among a plurality of processes for mounting and assembling parts; a conveying mechanism for conveying a workpiece, which is an object of mounting and assembling, on said body in a predetermined conveying direction along a manufacturing line; and a positioning mechanism for placing said workpiece at a predetermined position in said predetermined conveying direction; a dedicated unit including an end effector for conducting processing on said workpiece or a part to be mounted on said workpiece, according to each of said processes; and a selected mechanism unit including a moving mechanism for moving said end effector in two axial directions perpendicular to said predetermined conveying direction in each of said processes to adjust a relative position between said end effector and said workpiece or said part for positioning, said moving mechanism being selected from a plurality of types according to requirements of each of said processes to be interchangeably attached as said selected mechanism unit with respect to said base unit, and said end effector being selected from a plurality of types according to requirements of each of said processes to be interchangeably attached as said dedicated unit with respect to said moving mechanism.