Apparatus and method for installing fasteners in a workpiece
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    发明公开
    Apparatus and method for installing fasteners in a workpiece 有权
    在einemWerkstück的Gerätund Methode zum Installieren von Befestigungselementen

    公开(公告)号:EP1132164A2

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-12

    申请号:EP01200606.0

    申请日:2001-02-20

    IPC分类号: B23B49/00

    摘要: An apparatus (10) for installing rivets or other fasteners through a workpiece includes an automated machine (12) disposed on one side of the workpiece and a hand-held tool (14) that is manipulated by a single worker located on the opposite side of the workpiece. The automated machine (12) includes an end effector (24) supporting tools such as a drill and a riveter. The automated machine also includes a guide structure (16) adapted to be releasably affixed to the workpiece, and a carriage (22) that travels along the guide structure and supports the end effector so that the end effector can be positioned in various locations along the surface of the workpiece where fasteners are to be installed. The end effector includes an electromagnetic clamping device (26), and the hand-held tool includes a magnetic clamping block (30) that is attracted by the clamping device to clamp the workpiece therebetween. The end effector (24) generates a positioning signal and the hand-held tool includes a detector for detecting the positioning signal. The detector is operable to generate guidance information telling the person operating the hand-held tool where to move the hand-held tool so as to align the tool with the end effector of the automated machine. Once the hand-held tool is aligned with the end effector, the electromagnetic clamping device is activated to clamp the workpiece, and then the end effector tools are operated to drill a hole and to install a rivet or other fastener into the hole.

    摘要翻译: 用于通过工件安装铆钉或其他紧固件的装置(10)包括设置在工件一侧的自动化机器(12)和由位于相对侧上的单个工人操纵的手持工具(14) 工件。 自动化机器(12)包括支撑诸如钻机和铆钉机的工具的端部执行器(24)。 自动化机器还包括适于可释放地固定到工件上的引导结构(16),以及沿引导结构行进并支撑末端执行器的托架(22),使得端部执行器可以沿着 要安装紧固件的工件表面。 末端执行器包括电磁夹紧装置(26),并且手持工具包括被夹紧装置吸引以夹紧工件的磁性夹紧块(30)。 末端执行器(24)产生定位信号,并且手持工具包括用于检测定位信号的检测器。 检测器可操作以产生指导信息,告知操作手持工具的人在哪里移动手持工具,以使工具与自动化机器的端部执行器对准。 一旦手持工具与端部执行器对准,则激活电磁夹紧装置夹紧工​​件,然后操作端部执行器工具钻一个孔并将铆钉或其他紧固件安装到孔中。