Method for filling a rivet cartridge with rivet elements
OwnerChristoph Eusterwiemanninventor
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Abstract
A method is provided for filling a rivet cartridge with rivet elements by means of a rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit for delivering the rivet elements and having a rivet cartridge receiving means for receiving a rivet cartridge. The rivet elements are supplied from the rivet delivery unit to a rivet cartridge which is received in the rivet cartridge receiving means and are received therein in an aligned manner. The rivet loading station detects pre-determined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to the drilling process and/or the riveting process prior to supplying them to the rivet cartridge.
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A method for filling rivet cartridges with rivet elements by a rivet loading station, the rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit and rivet cartridge receiving elements, the method comprising:
- delivering the rivet elements from the rivet delivery unit to the rivet cartridges in an aligned manner, wherein the rivet cartridges are received by the rivet cartridge receiving elements,
- detecting predetermined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to a drilling process and/or a riveting process prior to supplying the rivet elements to the rivet cartridges, and
- supplying each rivet element to one of the rivet cartridges depending on the detected predetermined characteristics of the rivet element.
A method for filling rivet cartridges with rivet elements by a rivet loading station, the rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit and rivet cartridge receiving elements, the method comprising:
- delivering the rivet elements from the rivet delivery unit to the rivet cartridges in an aligned manner, wherein the rivet cartridges are received by the rivet cartridge receiving elements;
- detecting predetermined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to a drilling process and/or a riveting process prior to supplying the rivet elements to the rivet cartridges;
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- supplying each rivet element to one of the rivet cartridges depending on the detected predetermined characteristics of the rivet element;
- wherein the rivet loading station comprises a control unit which controls the rivet loading station, wherein the control unit detects the predetermined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to the drilling process and/or the riveting process prior to supplying them to the rivet cartridge and wherein the control unit measures the characteristics with a sensor arrangement comprising a testing unit which is assigned to the sensor arrangement;
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- wherein rivet elements are supplied to the rivet delivery unit from a secondary packaging and wherein data regarding the rivet elements connected to the secondary packaging is detected by the control unit.
A method for filling rivet cartridges with rivet elements by a rivet loading station, the rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit and rivet cartridge receiving elements, the method comprising:
- delivering the rivet elements from the rivet delivery unit to the rivet cartridges in an aligned manner, wherein the rivet cartridges are received by the rivet cartridge receiving elements;
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- detecting predetermined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to a drilling process and/or a riveting process prior to supplying the rivet elements to the rivet cartridges;
- wherein the rivet loading station comprises a control unit which controls the rivet loading station, wherein the control unit detects the detected predetermined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to the drilling process and/or the riveting process prior to supplying them to the rivet cartridge and wherein the control unit measures the characteristics with a sensor arrangement comprising a testing unit which is assigned to the sensor arrangement;
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- wherein subcategories are formed for a type of rivet elements and/or subcategories are formed on the basis of data regarding the rivet elements and wherein the subcategories have assigned thereto a rivet cartridge and wherein the rivet elements, in dependence on their test in the testing unit, are supplied corresponding to their categorization into a subcategory to the rivet cartridge assigned to the subcategory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.