Manufacturing cell and elements of the cell
US8108989B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53548
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A manufacturing cell has a plurality of stations arranged in two rows having a main aisle therebetween. Each of the plurality of stations has a station-aisle interface that provides an interaction area to the main aisle. The manufacturing cell also comprises a plurality of storage units that are located within the cell along the main aisle and a guided forklift truck that traverses the main aisle without requiring steering control of a stock handler operating the forklift truck within the main aisle to relocate containers from the storage units to designated station-aisle interfaces and to remove containers from the designated station-aisle interfaces when work is completed at the corresponding stations.
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