Abstract:
A control system for a manufacturing line configured by a plurality of satellite functional processing stations, each capable of stand-alone operation. The stations are interconnected by a handler or conveyor which transports individual ones of the work-piece from one process sector to the next in response to the control system, so that the units will be sequenced through a prescribed sequence of sectors corresponding to the processing requirements for the work-pieces.
Abstract:
A material transfer apparatus which includes a carriage whose movement is controlled along a path between specified locations thereon. The carriage includes means for dynamically indicating its present location on the path which is compared with a specified new location to provide a difference drive for moving the carriage as required. When a new location for the carriage is specified, it is dispatched under control of a cross-positioning means to approximate location of the new position whereby a sensing means on the carriage senses the carriage''s approach to an indicator at the specified location, whereby control of the movement of the carriage is transferred to a fine positioning drive to accurately register the carriage with the specified location along the track.
Abstract:
A material transfer apparatus which includes a carriage whose movement is controlled along a path between specified locations thereon. The carriage includes means for dynamically indicating its present location on the path which is compared with a specified new location to provide a difference drive for moving the carriage as required. When a new location for the carriage is specified, it is dispatched under control of a cross-positioning means to approximate location of the new position whereby a sensing means on the carriage senses the carriage's approach to an indicator at the specified location, whereby control of the movement of the carriage is transferred to a fine positioning drive to accurately register the carriage with the specified location along the track.