In a chain, individual production or processing stations are connected to form a production line with a continuous workpiece flow. The first chains were created in the 1920s in the British automotive industry. In the 21st century, the connected lines under the term "Industry 4.0" are part of a series of efforts to make the much-vaunted "batch size 0" feasible by means of comprehensive data networking.
In concrete terms, in the chained assembly line, the assembly stations and manual workstations are linked to one another by a transport system. The product is usually transported on a workpiece carrier from one assembly workstation to the next assembly station and assembled in several work steps. The rigid chain creates a cycle-based assembly line. With buffer lines, individual stations can be decoupled from one another again. The aim of every chain is ideally for a workpiece to find its way through the production line "as if by itself".
Good automation potential
Good automation potential
Established system solution
Limited flexibility
High susceptibility to faults at individual stations
High quantities
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