CHAPTER 10Detailed design of assembly stations
The ideal assembly fixtures let the assembler work with both hands, present all points of assembly in an ergonomically appropriate orientation, dock as needed in automatic equipment, double as a kit pallet forproduct-specific parts, and if possible can hold more than oneproduct. Fixturesformanual assembly travel through multiple stations, and need to return afterward to the firststation at which they are used, traveling above or below the assembly line.
Fixtures for mechanised assembly hold parts with clamps orpneumatic cylinders and mustbe orientedforeasy loading and unloading. The machine must bepreventedfrom starting while the operator’s hands are inside, but the most common approach—dual fingerswitches ...
