摘要:
Fastener installation apparatus for operating cylically so as to instal successively a plurality of fasteners of the type in which a portion is broken off at installation (e.g. breakstem blind rivets) comprises a fastener installation head (11) and a pipe (31) for conveying the broken-off portions away from the head to a receptacle (15). Detection device (48) is mounted adjacent the pipe (31) to detect the presence of a broken-off fastener portion at a pre-determined position (58) there along near the receptacle (15). When a portion is thus sensed, an electrical signal is sent by the detection device (48), via a relay (51), to the installation control system (14a, 14b), so as to allow cyclical operation of the system to continue.
摘要:
Apparatus and method for automated and semi-automated installation of blind rivets, comprising mechanical, pneumatic, and electronic subassemblies, with self-diagnostic capabilities. The system includes a rivet transfer arm external to the installation tool, which receives pneumatically fed rivets in a "home" position and transfers the rivets to an "advanced" position of alignment with the tool's nosepiece. A mandrel collection system routes separated mandrels from the tool to a remote receptacle through a channel under vacuum. Various sensors detect rivet placements, mechanism positions, and air pressure conditions, and signals from such sensors together with user inputs are received by a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU diagnoses the state of the installation system, produces command signals for a plurality of solenoid valves to regulate the system pneumatics, and reports status and fault conditions to the operator. The operating software may include self-correction routines, as for example one which recognizes unsuccessful loading of a rivet into the nosepiece and reattempts loading with a new rivet.
摘要:
A blind fastener of the type having a fastener body, a threaded stem and a sleeve is provided with a deformable drive nut in abutting contact with the fastener body to provide a positive mechanical engagement between the abutting surfaces of the two elements. The underside of the drive nut has an annular ridge made of a deformable material adapted to deform into indentations in the outer surface of the fastener body. The positive mechanical engagement between the two elements minimizes the build-up of tensile load applied to the stem during setting of the fastener.
摘要:
A feeder for headed fasteners, such as rivets (43), driven at equal intervals through a tape (44), is applicable to a riveting machine (10) and includes a plunger (25) advanced and retracted through a guide bush (29) and with a punch (37) at its leading end. When the plunger (25) advances the punch (37) is driven through a delivery passage in the guide bush head (39). A guide tube (45) leads the tape (44) to bring fasteners (43) in sequence into the rivet delivery passage (52). An actuator (56), oscillatable in the guide bush (39), is moved to retracted position by the advancing plunger (25), and is automatically returned to advanced position when the plunger (25) retracts. Fastener engaging means (64) on the actuator (56) act, with each retraction and advance of the actuator (56), to engage a fastener (43) and move it towards the delivery passage from which the leading fastener (43) is driven by the advancing punch (37) which, penetrating the tape (44) holds the tape (44) against movement while the actuator (56) is moved to its retracted position.
摘要:
In a blind riveting apparatus for rivets of different sizes, with a compressed air feed line and an actuating means controllable by the compressed air, and a rotary motor, provided at the inlet (6) of the compressed air feed means (9) into the blind riveting apparatus (1) is a means (10) for setting the level of the pressure of the compressed air which flows into the apparatus (1).
摘要:
A blind riveting tool has a front abutment provided by a pair of jaws which are spring-urged into their closed position and move to their open position by a generally pivoting movement of each jaws. The jaws are opened by means of a ball which is in contact with the outside of the rearward end of each jaw, the balls being encircled by a rotatable ring having cam faces in contact with the balls. When the ring is rotated, the cam faces force the balls inwards to press the rearward ends of the jaws together, thereby to make each jaw pivot and open the front end of the jaws.
摘要:
This mechanism makes it possible to obtain in succession a fast approach stroke (C), and then a work stroke with a substantial developed stress, in operations such as riveting or marking, the work stroke being started as the tool (16) comes into contact with the part to be pressed (25). A control stem (4) and a body (9) are movable along one and the same axis (3), means such as a clack (31) providing for their non permanent locking. The stem (4) is integral with a primary piston (8) penetrating into a hydraulic circuit (10, 11) of the body (9); this circuit communicates, on the one hand, with an expansible casing (19) surrounding the body (9) and making it possible to block this body with respect to the frame (1), and on the other hand, with a chamber (12) in which a secondary piston (15), drawn back by a spring (18) and integral with tool (16), slides.
摘要:
A pneumatic hydraulic hand-held riveting tool having a pneumatic operative means arranged to generate pressure upon a hydraulic fluid whereby a rivet set plunger is brought into contact with a rivet to be set without deformation of the rivet, and being further arranged to generate hydraulic pressure on the rivet set plunger effective to set the rivet, as well as to provide rapid hydraulic pressure relief.
摘要:
A tool (10) for setting rivet nuts (45) in which the non-rotatable collet (23) moved by handles (11,12) and receives in threaded engagement the mandrel holder (29) so that the mandrel holder (29) is axially adjustable with respect to the collet (23). Mandrels (36) are readily inserted in, secured to and removed from the mandrel holder (29) so that a selected mandrel (36) can be used for each type of rivet to be set against selected anvils (18, 20 and 62). Tool (10) is adjustable in various ways to ease placing the rivet (45) on the mandrel (36), affecting adjustment of the position of the rivet nut (45) vis-a-vis the anvil (18, 20 and 62) for a proper and effective pulling stroke and adjusting the travel of the collet during the stroke.
摘要:
A rivet bucking tool (10) is provided with a damping piston (13) having a skirt (18) thereon and in which the shank (25) of a rivet bucking die (23) is freely removably received. This allows easy exchange of the dies (23) for piston recoil adaptation to rivets of different size and material. The area transformation between the shank (25) and the damping piston (13), the skirt (18) thereon, and the preferably airtight frictional fit of the skirt (18) around the shank (25) are utilized to convert bucking stress into vibration so as to reduce joint recoil of the damping piston (13) and die (23) during bucking. Vibration and recoil are absorbed in the tool housing (11) by compressed air in a damping chamber (42) wherein the pressure is selectively adjustable by a valve (28).