Claims
- 1. A method for subjecting a part to a predetermined process on a processing section comprising the steps of:
- (a) supplying a first part placed at a first handling section located at a first side of the processing section;
- (b) subjecting a second part to the predetermined process at the processing section;
- (c) after step (b), moving the second part from the processing section to a second handling section located at a second side of said processing section;
- (d) contemporaneously with step (c) moving the first part from the first handling section to the processing section;
- (e) after step (d), subjecting the first part to the predetermined process at the processing section;
- (f) after step (c), discharging the second part at the second handling section;
- (g) after step (f), supplying a third part at the second handling section;
- (h) after step (g), moving the third part from the second handling section to the processing section;
- (i) contemporaneously with step (h), moving the first part from the processing section to the first handling section;
- (j) after step (h), subjecting the third part to the predetermined process at the processing section; and
- (k) after step (i), discharging the first part at the first handling section.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
- (l) repeating steps(a)-(k) a predetermined number of times.
- 3. A method according to claim 1,
- wherein in step (a), the first part is placed at a first handling section by movement parallel to a first axis,
- wherein in step (f), the second part is discharged at the second handling section by movement parallel the first axis,
- wherein in step (c), the second part is moved parallel to a second axis and a third axis,
- wherein in step (d) the first part is moved parallel to the second axis and the third axis,
- wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis,
- wherein the second axis is orthogonal to the third axis, and
- wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the third axis.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/890,266, filed Jul. 9, 1997, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
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