Flexible manufacturing machine for assembling combination cylinders for locks

Flexible manufacturing machine for assembling combination cylinders for locks, in particular for placing sets of combination pins and, if applicable, master-keying supplements, in a combination cylinder, the machine comprising:

• a linear electric motor;
• a pin distributor;
• a pin feeder;
• a supplement distributor;
• a supplement feeder;
• a pin and supplement placing head;
• a support for a single cylinder;
• and
• a computerized unit for command and numerical control, wherein said linear electric motor produces movement along a rail fitted to a longitudinal base said pin distributor being a cylindrical bar located parallel with said rail and having as many radial sockets receiving respective pins as there are different pins along said pin distributor, said pin distributor being moveable between a position for receiving pins from said pin feeder and another position for delivering the pins to the placing head, said pin feeder having independent pin feeding positions for said pin distributor receiving positions, said supplement distributor being located parallel with said rail having as many supplement receiving positions as there are different classes of supplements along said supplement distributor, said supplement feeder having independent supplement feeding positions for said supplement distributor receiving positions, the pin placing head being moveable with the linear motor and having means for taking one of the pins from the pin distributor and delivering one of the pins to a precise place in the combination cylinder and means for taking one of the supplements and delivering one of the supplements to a precise place in the combination cylinder, the computerized unit for command and numerical control, being comprised of processing programs for various different models and sizes of combination cylinders, pins, and supplements.