INTERCHANGING APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGING METHOD FOR CLAMPING FRAMES SUPPORTING VEHICLE BODY PARTS BETWEEN A CLAMPING FRAME TRANSPORT DEVICE AND A FRAME CONVEYOR BY MEANS OF CLAMPING FRAME MAGAZINES

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus (14) and a method for interchanging clamping frames (6-9) at an assembly station (2) for vehicle body parts. The interchanging apparatus (14) comprises a storage device (15) for the clamping frames (6-9), said storage device (15) being provided with a plurality of controlled, rotatable frame magazines (16-19), and further comprises a frame conveyor (25) and an additional parallel frame transporter (31) which allow the clamping frames (6-9) to be conveyed in parallel between the frame magazines (16-19) and a workplace (10) in the assembly station (2). The clamping frames (6-9) are securely accommodated on the frame magazines (16-19).