Arrangement of work locations

Claim 1

Am arrangement of work locations for the mass producion of small, complex units, said arrangement having improvement in combination therewith comprising: a table having a periphery as well as a center and having a basically ring-shaped table top that is divided into individual sectors, each of which provides one of said work locations about the periphery of said table; the center of said table being provided with a region that is free of said table top; and supply lines, such as for power, lighting, gas, air, water, discharge, gas venting, etc, disposed in said central region for all of said work locations; said table including a plurality of essentially identically-shaped work tables each having a trapezoidal table top that includes slanted edges which abut one another to form said ring-shaped configuration; and said work tables being disposed around said open central region to delimit said open central region; said arrangement further including a portion of a climate-control device disposed in said central region of said table, said climate-control device including suction lines for solder vapors; said arrangement, for defining said individual work locations, further including vertically upwardly projecting, radially directed partitions on said table top; material-transfer openings provided in said partitions to establish communication between adjacent ones of said work locations, said partitions being made of transparent plastic material; a shelf that covers said central region of said table; said partitions having upper edges remote from said table top, with said shelf being supported on said upper edges; supply bins, for small parts, disposed on said shelf; and conveying tubes connected to said supply bins and leading to individual ones of said work locations to provide communication between the bins and the work locations.