Global Patent Index - EP 4279216 A1

EP 4279216 A1 20231122 - A METHOD FOR MONITORING A PRESSING OR CRIMPING PROCESS

Title (en)

A METHOD FOR MONITORING A PRESSING OR CRIMPING PROCESS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM ÜBERWACHEN EINES PRESS- ODER CRIMPPROZESSES

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE SURVEILLANCE D'UN PROCESSUS DE COMPRESSION OU DE SERTISSAGE

Publication

EP 4279216 A1 20231122 (EN)

Application

EP 22174466 A 20220520

Priority

EP 22174466 A 20220520

Abstract (en)

A method for monitoring a pressing or crimping process performed on two work pieces, performed with a handheld pressing device, comprising: providing a pressing device including a pressing tool or crimping tool having a plurality of jaws, wherein one of the jaws coupled to the pressing tool or crimping tool, a drive adapted to drive the coupled jaw to apply a force to the work pieces; providing a sensor system adapted to measure data related to the force applied to the workpiece over a basically full pressing operation cycle; providing a controller adapted to assess if the measured data in step b) match the stored data in a memory unit of the pressing device; analysing, by the controller, the amount of deviation from the stored data to evaluate if the operation was successful or not.

IPC 8 full level

B25B 23/147 (2006.01); B25B 27/10 (2006.01); B30B 15/14 (2006.01); H01R 43/042 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B25B 27/10 (2013.01); B30B 15/0094 (2013.01); H01R 43/0428 (2013.01); H01R 43/0486 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

US 6662621 B1 20031216 - AMHERD RENE [CH]

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4279216 A1 20231122

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22174466 A 20220520