Method for filling a rivet cartridge with rivet elements

A method for filling a rivet cartridge with rivet elements using a rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit for delivering the rivet elements and having a rivet cartridge receiving element for receiving a rivet cartridge,

• wherein the rivet elements are supplied from the rivet delivery unit to a rivet cartridge which is received in the rivet cartridge receiving element and are received therein in an aligned manner,
• wherein at least part of the transport from the rivet delivery unit to the rivet cartridge is effected in a robot-based manner,
• wherein the rivet loading station comprises a control unit for controlling the rivet loading station, wherein the control unit detects a type of rivet element which is delivered by the rivet delivery unit, wherein the control unit controls whether the detected type of rivet element is a required type of rivet element to be filled into the rivet cartridge,
• wherein rivet elements of the same type can be supplied to at least two of multiple rivet cartridges, and
• wherein the rivet elements are supplied in dependence on a test from a testing unit to the rivet cartridge assigned to a subcategory corresponding to the rivets' categorization into a subcategory.