Method for manufacturing products according to customer orders
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B23Q-017/00
B23P-011/00
B23P-025/00
B23P-021/00
B23P-019/00
출원번호
US-0800044
(2001-03-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Sanders, John H.
Cunningham, C. Michael
Patil, Satish Y.
Brown, Mark D.
Graham, Michael T.
출원인 / 주소
Dell Products L.P.
대리인 / 주소
Baker Botts L.L.P.
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초록▼
A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested accordi
A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility.
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A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested accordi
A manufacturing facility for manufacturing products according to customer orders includes a kitting facility at which components are collected for a product in a customer order. The manufacturing facility also includes a build cell in which the component are assembled, configured, and tested according to the customer order to form a product. The manufacturing facility also includes a boxing facility at which the product is packaged. A transportation system transports the two or more components from the kitting facility to the build cell and transports the product to the boxing facility, whereby the product is assembled, configured, and tested in the build cell and packaged at the boxing facility. fluid manifold to the at least one support fluid reservoir such as to allow at least ones of the supporting elements to be lowered to adopt the supporting position in conforming contact with the workpiece, with at least ones of the supporting elements being lowered to different heights in conformance with features on a lower surface of the workpiece. 4. The tooling fixture of claim 1, wherein the flow control unit includes a positive pneumatic pressure source operably fluidly connected to the at least one support fluid reservoir for displacing support fluid from the at least one support fluid reservoir to the at least one support fluid manifold such as to extend the supporting elements. 5. The tooling fixture of claim 4, wherein the flow control unit includes a vacuum source operably fluidly connected to the at least one support fluid reservoir for displacing support fluid from the at least one support fluid manifold to the at least one support fluid reservoir such as to retract the supporting elements. 6. The tooling fixture of claim 4, wherein the pneumatic pressure source is configured to exert a predeterminable pressure to the support fluid corresponding to a force to be exerted by the supporting elements on the workpiece. 7. The tooling fixture of claim 1, wherein the at least one support fluid reservoir comprises a fixed volume accumulator operably fluidly connected at a bottom end with the at least one support fluid manifold, and the flow control unit includes a positive pneumatic pressure source operably fluidly connected to a top end of the accumulator for applying a positive pneumatic pressure to the contained support fluid such as to displace support fluid from the accumulator to the at least one support fluid manifold such as to extend the supporting elements. 8. The tooling fixture of claim 7, wherein the flow control unit includes a vacuum source operably fluidly connected to a top end of the accumulator for applying a negative pneumatic pressure to the contained support fluid to displace support fluid from the at least one support fluid manifold to the accumulator such as to retract the supporting elements. 9. The tooling fixture of claim 8, wherein the flow control unit includes first and second control valves operable selectively to fluidly connect one of the positive pneumatic pressure source and the vacuum source to the accumulator. 10. The tooling fixture of claim 9, wherein the first control valve comprises a three-port valve fluidly connected to the accumulator, the vacuum source and the second control valve, the first control valve being operable to fluidly connect the accumulator to one of the vacuum source or the second control valve, and the second control valve comprises a three-port valve fluidly connected to the first control valve, the positive pneumatic pressure source and atmosphere, the second control valve being operable, with the first control valve fluidly connecting the accumulator to the second control valve, to fluidly connect the accumulator to one of the positive pneumatic pressure source or atmosphere. 11. The tooling fixture of claim 1, wherein the flow control unit includes at least one drive piston assembly comprising a support fluid drive piston slideably disposed in the respective at least one support fluid reservoir and a drive unit for sliding the support fluid drive piston in the respective at least one support fluid reservoir. 12. The tooling fixture of claim 11, wherein the support fluid drive piston comprises a floating piston. 13. The tooling fixture of claim 12, wherein the drive unit includes a positive pressure source operably fluidly connected to the respective at least one support fluid reservoir at a location, with respect to the support fluid drive piston, opposite the fluid connection between the respective at least one support fluid reservoir and the at least one support fluid manifold such as to slide the support fluid drive piston to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid reservoir to the at least one support fluid manifold and thereby extend the supporting elements. 14. The tooling fixture of claim 13, wherein the positive pressure source comprises a pneumatic pressure source. 15. The tooling fixture of claim 13, wherein the drive unit includes a negative pressure source operably fluidly connected to the at least one support fluid reservoir at a location, with respect to the support fluid drive piston, opposite the fluid connection between the at least one support fluid reservoir and the at least one support fluid manifold such as to slide the support fluid drive piston to displace support fluid from the at least one support fluid manifold to the at least one support fluid reservoir and thereby retract the supporting elements. 16. The tooling fixture of claim 15, wherein the negative pressure source comprises a vacuum source. 17. The tooling fixture of claim 11, wherein the drive unit comprises a hydraulic cylinder connected to the support fluid drive piston via a connecting rod such as to drive the connecting rod selectively in a first direction to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid reservoir to the respective at least one support fluid manifold and thereby extend the supporting elements, and a second, opposite direction to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid manifold to the respective at least one support fluid reservoir and thereby retract the supporting elements. 18. The tooling fixture of claim 11, wherein the drive unit comprises a pneumatic cylinder connected to the support fluid drive piston via a connecting rod such as to drive the connecting rod selectively in a first direction to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid reservoir to the respective at least one support fluid manifold and thereby extend the supporting elements, and a second, opposite direction to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid manifold to the respective at least one support fluid reservoir and thereby retract the supporting elements. 19. The tooling fixture of claim 18, wherein the pneumatic cylinder includes pneumatic connections at opposite ends thereof for enabling the connecting rod to be driven selectively in the opposite directions on application of a pneumatic pressure thereto, and the flow control unit includes a first pneumatic pressure source operably fluidly connected to one fluid connection of the pneumatic cylinder to slide the support fluid drive piston in the first direction to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid reservoir to the respective at least one support fluid manifold and thereby extend the supporting elements, and a second pneumatic pressure source operably fluidly connected to the other fluid connection of the pneumatic cylinder to slide the support fluid drive piston in the other, second direction so as to displace support fluid from the respective at least one support fluid manifold to the respective at least one support fluid reservoir and thereby retract the supporting elements. 20. The tooling fixture of claim 18, wherein the pneumatic cylinder includes a clamp operable between a first, clamped state in which the clamp clamps the connecting rod to prevent operation of the pneumatic cylinder and a second, open state in which the connecting rod is freely movable and the pneumatic cylinder is operable. 21. The tooling fixture of claim 20, wherein the clamp is a pneumatically-actuated clamp normally in the clamped state and operable to the open state on application of a pneumatic actuation pressure thereto. 22. The tooling fixture of claim 11, wherein the drive unit is configured to exert a predeterminable pressure to the support fluid corresponding to a force to be exerted by the supporting elements on the workpiece. 23. The tooling fixture of claim 18, wherein the pneumatic cylinde
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