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US 2017/0361407 A1Published application
Multi-axis nut runner apparatus and method of operating the multi-axis nut runner apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsDong Ho KWAK, Su Young KIM, Se Hoon HAM, Yong Tae KIM
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Abstract
A multi-axis nut runner apparatus includes a base frame, a mounting frame mounted on the base frame to be vertically movable, a pallet having an object disposed thereon and transferred along a transfer rail, and a variable device installed on the mounting frame and partitioned into a plurality of regions depending on a size of the object to thereby be fastened.
Claims13
A multi-axis nut runner apparatus comprising:
- a base frame;
- a mounting frame mounted on the base frame to be vertically movable;
- a pallet having an object disposed thereon and transferred along a transfer rail;
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- a variable device installed on the mounting frame and partitioned into a plurality of regions depending on a size of the object to thereby be fastened.
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A method of operating a multi-axis nut runner apparatus, the method comprising:
- an object being stacked on a pallet and the pallet being moved along a transfer rail to be disposed below a variable device;
- when the object is disposed, a flexible column descending toward the object by an operation of a vertical control cylinder;
- the flexible column including a fixing pin, such that the fixing pin is in contact with the pallet when the flexible column descends;
- the flexible column stopping;
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- when the flexible column stops, and the variable device descends, a plurality of runners included in the variable device being fastened to the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.