PRODUCTION LINE COMPRISING ONE OR MORE ASSEMBLING STATIONS AND AT LEAST ONE MODULE FOR CARRYING CONTAINERS

A production line comprises one or more assembling stations and at least one module for carrying containers (A) for supplying to the assembling stations parts or components which are necessary during the execution of a working cycle. At least one module for carrying containers (A) is provided of a plurality of containers for carrying parts, wherein the containers are in form of drawers (C) associated to a paternoster transport system, operable for selectively placing each drawer (C) in a picking position wherein the parts contained therein can be picked-up by an operator (O). The paternoster transport system includes a chain drive system for transporting the drawers (C), comprising two closed loop lateral chains (51, 52) engaged on respective wheels of chains (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60) which are rotatable mounted on a load-bearing structure of said module (A) and which are connected to a drive motor which is electronically controlled. Each of the drawers (C) has two opposite lateral walls (67A, 67B) facing to said lateral chains (51, 52), and on each of said lateral walls (67A, 67B) is rigidly mounted a first engagement element (68) engaged on a second engagement element (70) carried by a respective lateral chain (51, 52), in such a way that each of said drawers (C) is carried and moved by said chain drive system, providing a rise phase and a descent phase. The module for carrying containers (A) is provided of lateral guide rails (65, 66) configured according a closed loop mounted close to a respective lateral chain (51, 52), in such a way that said drawers (C) maintain a horizontal orientation along said closed loop path with the exception of a portion of said descent phase in which said drawers (C) are brought to incline forward toward the bottom.