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Title:
MANUFACTURING CELL USING TOOLING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004223704
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a manufacturing cell simplifying exchange of tooling concerning a plurality of manufacturing cells including metal machining work gathered at adjacent places at a production site of a plant.

This module type tooling device 10 is constituted of a basic part 20 having a pocket 30 and an insertion body 50 to be semi-permanently inserted into the pocket. The insertion body has a work support part 71 to support and fix a work at a proper position and in orientation. The basic part, the pocket and the insertion body are constituted to give the characteristic position and orientation to the work against the basic part and a metal working machine. The module type tooling device machines a family of a work member related but different in detail by inserting an insertion body member from a family of the insertion body and properly arranging and orientating the corresponding work member without exchanging, removing or moving the basic part.


Inventors:
AHTI ROBERT ALLAN
DUPUIS CHRISTIAN
ELMAN LARISA ALEXANDRA
Application Number:
JP2003431905A
Publication Date:
August 12, 2004
Filing Date:
December 26, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
B23Q3/10; B23Q37/00; B25B5/00; B23Q3/02; B25B5/14; F02C7/00; F04D29/38; (IPC1-7): B23Q3/02; F02C7/00; F04D29/38
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11828A1999-01-06
JPH1058255A1998-03-03
JPH07246532A1995-09-26
JPH06297222A1994-10-25
JP2002113626A2002-04-16
JP2002013510A2002-01-18
JP2002307271A2002-10-23
JP2000107970A2000-04-18
JPS61120431U1986-07-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenichi Matsumoto
Hirokazu Ogura
Nobukazu Ito