(19)
(11) EP 1 127 634 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/35

(21) Application number: 01301512.8

(22) Date of filing: 21.02.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B21J 15/02, B21J 15/10, B21J 15/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 22.02.2000 JP 2000044200

(71) Applicant: EMHART LLC
Newark, Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kondo, Y., c/o Pop Rivet Fasteners K.K.
    Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Bell, Ian Stephen et al
Black & Decker UK 210 Bath Road
Slough SL1 3YD
Slough SL1 3YD (GB)

   


(54) Self-piercing type rivet setting system


(57) In a self-piercing type rivet setting system operated by a robot or a jig, to save an expense for its arrangement, to reduce a size thereof and also to reduce a number of interface cables.
A self-piercing type rivet setting system 30 comprises: a rivet swaging assembly 35; a robot 6 which moves the rivet swaging assembly 35 to put it in position relative to a predetermined site on a workpiece to be riveted; a single integrated controller 31 made up by an integration of a controller for controlling a riveting operation of the rivet swaging assembly and a controller for controlling the motion of the robot; and a rivet feeder 9 for automatically feeding a self-piercing type rivet to the rivet swaging assembly. From the integrated controller 31, a interface cable 33 extends to the robot 6 and another interface cable 34 extends to the rivet feeder 3, and the rivet swaging assembly 35 is integrally incorporated into the robot 6.






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