EP1057775A1 - Anhängungsvorrichtung eines Kraftfahrzeugselementes an einem Fördermittel einer Fertigungsstrasse - Google Patents

Anhängungsvorrichtung eines Kraftfahrzeugselementes an einem Fördermittel einer Fertigungsstrasse Download PDF

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EP1057775A1
EP1057775A1 EP00401528A EP00401528A EP1057775A1 EP 1057775 A1 EP1057775 A1 EP 1057775A1 EP 00401528 A EP00401528 A EP 00401528A EP 00401528 A EP00401528 A EP 00401528A EP 1057775 A1 EP1057775 A1 EP 1057775A1
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Stéphane Mazo
Bernard Girard
Laurent Gamache
Alain Specq
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/62—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/12—Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands; Nets

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  • the invention relates to a device for attaching an element of a vehicle. automobile to a handling means on an assembly line of motor vehicles.
  • the invention relates in particular to a device for attaching the front group of a motor vehicle to the hoist of a lifting and handling means for its transport between an installation pre-assembly and installation installation in the vehicle body automobile.
  • the front group of a motor vehicle comprises the powertrain, a cradle arranged below the powertrain and two suspension arms intended to support the ground of the front group and the body through the vehicle wheels.
  • the powertrain itself consists of the engine and the motor vehicle gearbox and carries transmission members engine torque to the wheels, which are connected to the engine in an articulated manner.
  • the cradle, the suspension arms and the motor are themselves connected between them in an articulated way.
  • the front group carried by the traveling trolley machine arrives at a point in the assembly line where the group front must be supported by lifting and handling means such as an overhead crane, to be transported and deposited on means allowing to introduce and mount the front group in the body of a vehicle automobile.
  • lifting and handling means such as an overhead crane
  • the front group is in fact made up, as indicated above, by elements articulated between them whose relative provisions are not fixed.
  • the engine transmission components are not rigidly fixed to the motor and care must be taken to ensure that these elements are removed on the mounting components of the front group in a layout perfect.
  • the cradle which is not rigidly connected to the group powertrain and which consists of stamped or sheet metal elements painted and treated against corrosion, may undergo, during the transport of front group, shocks from the engine which moves relative to the cradle during the transport of the group before, if the attachment of the group before is not carried out in such a way as to prevent any possibility of impact.
  • the cradle may be damaged, such as scratches, to the detriment of its aesthetic appearance and its resistance to corrosion.
  • a difficulty stems from the fact that on vehicle assembly lines cars, we very often assemble vehicles of the same type with different engines. Therefore on an assembly line of a motor vehicle, it may be necessary to insert and mount in the vehicle body of the groups before five or six or more different types, having dimensional characteristics and clean geometric. In this case, it is necessary to design a device for attaching the front group to the handling bridge which can be adapted to each group before mounting.
  • An attachment device which comprises a mechanically welded support rigid mainly consisting of tubes comprising a hooking member of the hook of the hoist for lifting a handling means on an upper part and two curved arms directed downwards and each terminated by a support bowl with a support part of an arm suspension of the front group.
  • the powertrain which has two attachment points arranged at the ends of the engine, on the side of the gearbox and on the side engine distributors, respectively, can be suspended to the support by slings each comprising an elongated flexible element of suspension connected by a first end to an engagement hook on an engine attachment element and, at a second end, to mechanical connection means to the upper part of the support which found in a substantially horizontal arrangement, when the device hooking is supported in the service position, by the hook of the means Handling.
  • the flexible suspension elements of the slings are constituted by chains whose links have characteristics mechanical resistance.
  • the attachment or slinging of the engine by means of slings must be designed in such a way that the engine is kept in a perfectly defined position in relation to the support on which the support elements of the suspension arms.
  • Adjustment of the lifting height of the slings according to the different types of motor is made using more or less number large of links of the suspension chain, so that the precision of this hanging height, which is a function of the length of a link of the chain, is generally not sufficient to avoid the disadvantages mentioned above.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to propose a hanging device of an element of a motor vehicle to a handling means, on a assembly line of the motor vehicle, comprising a support having a hooking member by means of handling, at least one sling consisting of an elongated flexible suspension element and a hooking means of the motor vehicle element attached to a first end of the flexible suspension element and of the means of connection to the support, a second end of the suspension element, this device allowing to carry out the attachment of the element simply, quickly and very safely vehicle, in a perfect position, without risk of errors, in the case of an assembly line for motor vehicles of different types or of which certain elements are produced according to several types.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a slinging plate fixed on the support and comprising at least two support elements and holding the second end of the sling, in a first or in a second position, on a flat support surface of the plate sling placed horizontally in the service position of the device attachment connected to the handling means,
  • the at least one sling comprises at least one means support intended to come to rest on one of the support and holding elements of the lifting plate, to ensure the attachment of the vehicle element at a vertical distance from the bearing surface of the defined sling plate by the position of the support means on the suspension element.
  • a device according to the invention used to hang a front group of a motor vehicle to a handling bridge on a vehicle assembly line automobiles and two variants of the device's slinging means.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a front group of vehicle automobile.
  • FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the attachment device.
  • Figure 2B is a front elevational view of the hanger according to the invention.
  • Figure 2C is a top view along C of Figure 2B.
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of the sling plate of the device attachment shown in Figures 2A, 2B and 2C.
  • Figure 4 is an elevational view of a first sling of the device according to the invention intended to cooperate with a point of attachment of the engine distribution side.
  • Figure 5 is an elevational view of a second sling of the device of attachment according to the invention used for the attachment of the engine of the side of the gearbox.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of the sling plate and support and holding devices for slings on the engine distribution side.
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of the sling plate and support and holding devices for slings on the side of the gearbox.
  • Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view of a support device and holding a sling.
  • Figure 9 is an elevational view in partial section of a means support and handling of a sling of a following hooking device a first variant.
  • Figure 10 is an elevational view in partial section of a support and handling means of a sling of a hooking device according to a second variant.
  • the front group 1 comprises the powertrain 2 of the vehicle automobile, the cradle 3 arranged below the powertrain 2 and two suspension arms 4a, 4b ensuring the transfer of loads to the ground, through the wheels of the motor vehicle.
  • the powertrain 2 comprises the engine proper and the gearbox 5 fixed to one of the longitudinal ends of the engine powertrain.
  • the second end 6 of the powertrain, opposite the gearbox 5, includes the engine distribution elements and will designated as the distribution side of the powertrain.
  • the powertrain 2 includes the transmission 7 which provides wheel drive via articulated transmission elements on the engine.
  • Two attachment points 9a and 9b are provided on the powertrain on the distribution side and the gearbox side, respectively.
  • the cradle 3 is produced in a mechanically welded form and includes elements of high rigidity in pressed sheet metal which have been subjected to a treatment surface and which are coated with a layer of paint.
  • the suspension arms 4a and 4b comprise in addition to the suspension arm proper connected in an articulated manner to the cradle, a set shock absorber or shock absorber and spring 8 connected to a pivot and comprising support and mounting parts.
  • the front group of the motor vehicle as just described is pre-assembled in an area adjacent to the main assembly line of the motor vehicle. Assembly of the cradle and pre-assembly of the front group are made on a motorized trolley with automatic movement who comes to place himself successively at various positions on which one realizes the different operations required for mounting the cradle and pre-assembly from the front group.
  • the front group carried by the motorized carriage reaches a final position close to the line of mounting.
  • the hanging device generally designated by the reference 11, comprises a support 12, in the form of a mechanically welded structure mainly constituted by tubes on which are reported by welding of elements such as sheet metal plates.
  • the tubular structure of the support has an upper part 12a having the general shape of a rectangular frame with two angles rounded, on which is fixed a slinging plate 13 which constitutes one characteristic elements of the device according to the invention and which will be described in detail later.
  • a suspension hook 16 constituted by a round bar folded in a shape comprising two parts hooking is engaged on the ends of the axis 15, so that the suspension element 16 having the two attachment parts either hinged mounted on the upper part 12a of the support 12.
  • the support 12 comprises, below its upper part 12a, two arms 17a and 17b secured to their lower part of support bowls respectively 18a and 18b.
  • Two safety plates 19a and 19b are fixed on the lateral sides of the upper part 12a of the support 12.
  • a support stand 20 is mounted articulated at its end. upper, via a hinge ring, on one of the sides of the upper part 12a of the support 12. At its opposite end, the stand 20 has a hooking means which can be engaged on the cradle of the front group, as will be explained later.
  • the sling plate 13 provides support for suspension slings motor such as 24, 25 and 25 ', the slings and the sling plate constituting characteristic elements of the invention which will be described in detail thereafter.
  • the slings When the slings are not in use, they can be held in the storage position by tubular supports such as 22 or by magnets such as 23 carried by the side safety plates 19a and 19b.
  • the front group of the motor vehicle is intended to come to rest on the attachment device 11 by means of support parts of its suspension arm coming to rest on the bowls 18a and 18b at the lower end arms 17a and 17b, respectively.
  • the support elements of the front group are arranged respectively, in the vicinity of a first end of the powertrain where are placed the engine distribution members and in the vicinity of a second end of the powertrain including the gearbox 5. From this done, when the front group 1 is put in place on the hanging device 11, the support parts of the suspension arms coming to rest on the bowls 18a and 18b of the arms 17a and 17b of the support 12, the first end part powertrain including engine distribution components is located below a first end portion of the lifting plate and from the upper part 12a of the support adjacent to the arm 17a, this part located in the left part of FIG. 2A and in the part on the right of FIGS. 2B and 2C.
  • the part of the powertrain including the gearbox 5 is located below the second end part of the lifting plate 13 and the upper part 12a of the support 12, in the vicinity of the arm 17b, this second part being located in the right part of FIG. 2A and in the left-hand parts of FIGS. 2B and 2C.
  • Maintaining the group before during transport using the device attachment 11 is ensured not only through the support bowls 18a and 18b of arms 17a and 17b of support 12 but also by suspending the powertrain under the lifting plate 13, by by means of slings connected to two attachment points 9a, 9b of the engine disposed respectively in the vicinity of its neighboring end portion distribution members and in the vicinity of the gearbox.
  • the engine suspension via its attachment points is carried out using a first sling such as 24 and a second sling such as 25 or 25 'respectively arranged at each of the end parts of the attachment device 11.
  • each slings e.g. 24 or 25 has a flexible elongated member respective 26 or 27 which can be constituted for example by a steel cable.
  • Each of the slings has, at a first end of the element flexible elongated suspension, a hook intended to cooperate with a point corresponding powertrain attachment, the hook 28 fixed to the end of the cable 26 of the sling 24 having an S shape and the hook 29 attached to the end of the cable 27 of the sling 25 having a C shape.
  • the hook 28 in the shape of an S is intended to cooperate with a lug of the powertrain, on the distribution side of this powertrain, to ensure its hanging and suspension.
  • the hook 29 in C is intended to cooperate with part of the powertrain neighboring the gearbox, to ensure the attachment and suspension of the engine side of the gearbox.
  • the cable 26 of the sling 24 and the cable 27 of the sling 25 carry studs 30 or 31 projecting radially from the respective cable, which are solidly fixed on the flexible element 26 or 27, each at a well-defined distance depending on the length of the flexible suspension element 26 or 27 of the hook 28 or 29.
  • each of the studs 30 or 31 of the slings 24 and 25 may constitute a means for retaining the second end of the flexible sling suspension element on the sling plate 13.
  • the sling 24 shown in Figure 4 which allows for attachment a powertrain on the distribution side of the engine and the sling 25 which allows the attachment of a powertrain on the side of the gearbox each have five studs 30 or 31 which allow to fix the powertrain mounting height on the distribution side and gearbox side with five values perfectly determined in as a function of the characteristics of the powertrains for which the mounting on the chain using the attachment device according to the invention.
  • Two slings 24 and 25 as shown in Figures 4 and 5 allow the attachment of at least five types of powertrain different, the ideal hanging heights can be identical or different for two different powertrains, on the side distribution and / or gearbox side.
  • Each of the slings includes, at its end opposite hooks such as 28 or 29, a stop means mechanical constituted for example by a nut crimped on the cable.
  • a means of location is associated with each of the studs visual such as a particular color associated with a type of powertrain of a group before.
  • the five studs attached to the sling 24 or to the sling 25 have at least one colored mark or are painted to mark the studs which are associated with each type of motorization.
  • the attachment points on the distribution side 32 and on the gearbox side 33 are generally not located in the same projection position on the horizontal sling plate, and in the vertical direction.
  • the distribution side of the group is provided powerplant, five sling support and blocking devices 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d and 32e in well-defined positions relative to the horizontal surface of the sling plate 13, these positions being identifiable in a system of horizontal XY axes.
  • three support and locking devices for slings 33a, 33b and 33c are provided in well-defined positions in the XY axis system.
  • the steel sling plate 13 is laser machined very precisely, to make in this plate through openings with circular section and grooves joining the circular openings on the distribution side and on the gearbox side of the powertrain and grooves moving away from the slinging areas and constituting grooves for storing slings in position waiting.
  • the openings 34a to 34e are connected to each other and to a groove waiting 36 by a network of grooves allowing the movement of the slings as will be explained later.
  • the openings 35a, 35b and 35c on the side of the sling plate corresponding to the gearbox side of the powertrain are connected to each other and to two through grooves for waiting 37 and 37 ', by a network of through grooves allowing the movement of the slings from a standby position to a service position and vice versa.
  • FIG. 8 one of the support and holding devices has been shown. 32 or 33, in section through a vertical plane.
  • Each of the support and blocking devices comprises a part support 38, a locking block 39 and a locking lever 40.
  • the annular support piece 38 which is housed in an opening circular through the sling plate 13, comprises, in its bore, a housing for receiving a stud 30 or 31 of a sling coming in the support position on the bottom of the housing of the part 38, when a sling is moved manually in a radial direction groove in the extension of an access slot of the support piece 38.
  • the support piece 38 is held against the upper face of the sling plate 13 by the locking block 39 which is fixed by screws on the sling plate 13 and which has a projecting part coming in engagement with counterbore of the support piece 38.
  • the locking block 39 further comprises a face inclined relative to the horizontal downwards towards the support piece and a bore with an axis perpendicular to the plate sling 13 opening onto the inclined surface in which is housed and fixed an axis of rotation 42 of the locking lever 40 which has a inclined surface whose inclination is identical to the inclination of the surface of the locking block 39 with respect to the direction perpendicular to the horizontal surface of the plate 13.
  • the locking lever 40 is rotatably mounted on the engaged axis 42 and fixed by a pin in the locking block 39, in an arrangement vertical; axis 42 has a diametrically widened end portion inserted into a bore of a hollow cylindrical part of the locking lever 40 with interposition of a helical spring 43 exerting a force vertical downwards on the locking lever 40.
  • the locking lever 40 has a light 41 whose width is slightly larger than the cable diameter of a device sling hanging.
  • the spring 43 ensures the return of the locking lever 40 in a position such that the inclined surfaces of the locking lever 40 and the locking block 39 are superimposed. In this position, the light 41 of the locking lever 40 is arranged along the axis of the opening receiving 34 or 35 of the support piece 38 passing through the sling plate 13.
  • the locking lever 40 further comprises, at its opposite end at its cylindrical part mounted on the spring axis 42, 43, an index 40 ' allowing the lever 40 to be pivoted manually, in one direction, so to clear the opening of the support piece 38.
  • a sling such as 25 or 26 to from a waiting position at the end of a groove to bring it, by through the waiting groove, in a groove shared by several support and holding devices whose width greater than the width of the waiting grooves is slightly greater than the diameter of studs 30 and 31 slings.
  • the operator having manually moved the sling can move it inside the enlarged groove to present the stud 30 or 31 of the desired color above the lifting plate 13.
  • the support and holding devices 32, 33 comprise one or more markers whose color corresponds to the slinging positions of the different powertrains.
  • the marks are generally worn under the shape of colored circular bands painted on the vertical cylindrical part levers for support and holding devices.
  • the operator chooses the support and holding device bearing a mark having the desired color then he introduces part of the sling cable located below the stud of the desired color in a groove joining the wider common groove in the bore of the support piece 38 of the support and holding device comprising the mark having the color wanted.
  • the housing for receiving the stud in the bore of the support piece 38 communicates with the junction groove, so that the stud can be introduced into the housing of the support piece 38 by displacement of the sling in the direction of the junction groove.
  • the sling pad is then deposited on the bottom of the housing of the support piece 38.
  • the operator realizes thus very quickly and very securely placing a sling in an XY position on the sling plate desired by the group type powertrain for which the attachment device is prepared, the height of the powertrain attachment being adjusted simultaneously with the desired value by placing the stud on the bottom of the housing of the support piece.
  • the sling can also be installed without move the lever aside from the opening of the support piece.
  • the operator presses the sling against the inclined end of the lever 40 comprising the index 40 'and exerts a thrust on the lever which swivels to allow passage to the sling.
  • the spring 43 pushes the lever back closed position, automatically. To put the sling in place, only push the sling against the inclined end of the lever 40 which disappears to allow the sling to pass and then closes.
  • FIG 6 there is shown a sling 24 on the distribution side of the powertrain engine, in service position at the device support and maintenance 32d.
  • the stud 30 of the sling 24 which is in support on the bottom of the housing of the support piece 38 is retained by the lever lock 40 which prevents the stud 30 from coming out of the room housing support 38.
  • the slings can therefore be put in the service position so very fast and very safe and are then held in this position service, until the drivetrain is hooked, without the sling can separate from the support device on which it was placed on duty.
  • the sling After attaching the powertrain engine whose weight is exercised on the sling, the sling is held perfectly simple on its support surface.
  • the sling studs and the constituent parts of the support devices and holding elements are made of high hardness treated steel, so that the parts undergo, in service, low wear and that the precision of positioning of the slings is guaranteed.
  • the supporting parts 38 can be easily replaced by removing the locking block 39 which is screwed onto the sling plate 13.
  • the slings engine mounting and suspension have a flexible element consisting of a cable on which studs are crimped in arrangements allowing attachment and suspension of the powertrain to a well-defined vertical distance from the lifting plate.
  • the invention is not limited to the use of slings whose element flexible suspension consists of a cable.
  • the suspension and attachment slings may include an element flexible constituted for example by a chain or by a set of rods linked together end to end by means of joints.
  • the support elements of the sling plate are adapted to the type of flexible suspension element used, in order to be able to hang it at a definite height.
  • FIG. 9 a part of a suspension element has been shown.
  • flexible 44 of a sling of a fastening device according to the invention in the case where the flexible suspension element is constituted by a chain.
  • the chain carries, at its lower end (not shown in Figure 9), a hook of suitable shape, similar to one of the hooks 28 and 29 in the figures 4 and 5.
  • the sling plate 13 is pierced with an opening 46 for the passage of the chain 44.
  • the latch 48 has a latch body 48a and an operating lug 48b. To ensure the support of the second end of the chain 44 on the upper surface of the sling plate 13, the body of latch 48a is inserted inside a link 45 of the chain 44 which comes resting on the upper surface of the latch body.
  • the hanging height of the flexible suspension element 44 of the sling is adjusted very precisely by choosing link 45 of the chain through which the attachment is carried out and possibly the dimension of this link. Very fine adjustment of the hanging height can be obtained by using a latch whose latch body 48a has a predetermined height and defined very precisely. To adjust from precisely the lifting height, all you need is a set of latches or wedges whose bodies have different heights.
  • the latch is operated by pulling or pushing on the latch via the operating lug 48b, the latch body being guided by the guide devices 47a, 47b and 47c. These devices guide and latch also block and hold the sling on the sling plate 13.
  • FIG. 10 a part of a sling is shown, the element of which flexible suspension 50 is constituted by a set of rods 51 articulated in an extension of each other, each rods 51 comprising at a first end an assembly part male and at its second end a female assembly part, the assembly parts being traversed by transverse openings.
  • each rods 51 comprising at a first end an assembly part male and at its second end a female assembly part, the assembly parts being traversed by transverse openings.
  • the male part of a first rod is engaged in the female part of a second rod, so that the through openings of these assembly parts are aligned.
  • An assembly pin 52 is introduced into the aligned openings.
  • a hook which can have a shape similar to hook 28 or hook 29 shown in Figures 4 and 5 respectively, is attached to the end of the rod 51 placed at the bottom of the suspension element flexible 50.
  • the hooks 55 cooperate with the cavities 54 of a rod 51 to provide support and blocking of the flexible element 50 of the sling, on the sling plate 13.
  • Hooks 55 can be pivotally mounted on the upper surface of the sling plate 13, on either side of the opening 46.
  • the cavities 54 of one of the rods 51 of the flexible element 50 then the hooks 55 are folded down to introduce them into the cavities 54, as shown in figure 10.
  • the different sections 51 of the flexible element 50 constituted by articulated rods can have different lengths L1, L2 and L3, the cavities 54 being placed on these sections in desired arrangements to adjust very precisely the hanging height.
  • the openings 46 passing through the sling plate 13 and allowing the passage of the flexible element 44 or 50 are arranged on the slinging plate, in well-defined and identified positions so that we can very fast and very secure hooking of slings in well defined positions in the horizontal plane of the sling plate.
  • the different openings 46 can be interconnected by grooves through the sling plate which may also include storage grooves for slings.
  • the positions of the openings and the support means on the plate sling can be identified, for example by colors, such as in the case of the embodiment which has been described above with regard to Figures 6 to 8.
  • the latch 48 and / or the guide devices 47a, 47b and 47c can be painted or bear color marks allowing identify the slinging position.
  • the links 45 of the chain 44 through which we carry out the hooking have color marks or are painted so we can achieve the desired hanging height at each point for hanging the slinging plate.
  • the hooks 55 and the areas of the rods 51 comprising the cavities 54 may have color marks or be painted, so that we can identify the hooking positions according to the different types of group before which one carries out the assembly.
  • the operator (s) responsible for fitting the attachment device is at a workstation on the assembly line, in the vicinity the arrival area of a pre-assembly and preparation trolley from the front group.
  • the operator performs a visual recognition of the type of motor and associate it with a color (which is assigned in a conventional manner to this type of engine).
  • An attachment device according to the invention in an empty state, that is to say without group before, is brought by a conveyor to the work station.
  • the operator engages the hook of the hoist of a handling device at one of the hooking parts of the hook 16 of the device 11 according to the invention.
  • the operator then performs the installation of a sling in the desired position, distribution side and gearbox side, as explained more top using color marking of sling positions and studs.
  • the slings are supported and locked.
  • the operations are generally carried out by two operators located, for one, on the hooking side of the distribution end and, for the other, on the hooking side of the gearbox end of a powertrain.
  • Unused cables and hooks are put in storage position so as not to interfere with the operations of the attachment device.
  • the device according to the invention is moved using the means of handling of the work station towards the pre-assembly carriage of the group before. We carry out the engagement of the support bowls under the parts of the transmission arms and the attachment of the sling hooks on the powertrain attachment points of the group before brought by the motorized trolley.
  • the front group is maintained perfectly by the attachment device according to the invention which has been adjusted safely by the arrangement of slings according to the type of group front group powertrain.
  • the lower end for hooking the stand is engaged 20 on the cradle of the front group, so as to ensure positioning correct relative between the cradle and the support of the hanging device and a horizontal positioning of the slinging plate and to avoid rocking forward, from the engine.
  • the attachment device according to the invention can be used to lift motor vehicle bodies on a line vehicle assembly.
  • the boxes are fixed by means of hanging points arranged inside the boxes and slings.
  • Flexible hooking elements such as sling cables, depending on the position of the attachment points, can pass along internal parts of the body, such as amounts or windows of the motor vehicle.
  • the elements flexible hangers can damage these uprights or bays during the transport of the case.
  • a hanging device allows to avoid these risks of damage by adapting the position of the points support of the slings on the sling plate, to the type of motor vehicle and at the position of the body attachment points.
  • the attachment points of motor vehicle bodies of different types are found at different levels depending on the body height.
  • the invention applies to the handling of any element or sub-assembly components of a motor vehicle on an assembly line.

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