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US 11,534,850 B2Granted
Method and control unit for controlling a joining station
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlexander Zandt
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Abstract
A control unit and method for a joining system having at least one joining station, which is designed to join at least one first joining element to a workpiece, determines actual data with respect to a first joining element joined to a current workpiece by the joining station. The control unit and method determine, in accordance with the actual data, a subsequent control instruction for the joining station for joining a first joining element to a subsequent workpiece.
Claims12
A joining system, comprising:
- a joining station configured to join joining elements of a first type to a workpiece;
- a control unit configured to:
- determine actual position data of a first joining element of the first type, which first joining element has been joined to the workpiece by the joining station;
- and
- generate a control instruction based on the actual position data, wherein the control instruction causes the joining station to join a second joining element of the first type to a subsequent workpiece.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- determining actual position data of a first joining element of a first type, which first joining element has been joined to a workpiece by a joining station;
- and
- generate a control instruction based on the actual position data, wherein the control instruction causes the joining station to join a second joining element of the first type to a subsequent workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.