Fixture and method of clamping a plurality of frame-shaped workpieces
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsHaoxu Wan, Hao Yang, Zhijun Chen, Zhizheng Wang, Yi Ding
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Abstract
A fixture and a method for clamping a plurality of frame-shaped workpieces. The fixture includes a plurality of clamping members adapted to be alternately stacked with the plurality of frame-shaped workpieces along a stacking direction; the plurality of clamping members having positioning holes aligned to each other in the stacking direction; and a locking assembly at least partially arranged in the positioning holes and adapted to press the plurality of clamping members in the stacking direction to allow the plurality of clamping members to be clamped in position.
Claims10
A fixture for clamping a plurality of frame-shaped workpieces, comprising:
- a plurality of clamping members adapted to be alternately stacked with the plurality of frame-shaped workpieces in a stacking direction;
- a plurality of positioning holes formed through the plurality of clamping members and aligned to each other in the stacking direction;
- and
- a locking assembly at least partially arranged in the plurality of positioning holes and adapted to press the plurality of clamping members in the stacking direction to allow the plurality of clamping members to be clamped in position.
A method of clamping a plurality of frame-shaped workpieces, comprising:
- causing an end effector of a robot to alternately stack the plurality of frame-shaped workpieces and a plurality of clamping members;
- and
- causing the end effector to move the plurality of stacked workpieces or to operate a locking assembly so that the locking assembly is at least partially arranged in the plurality of positioning holes and presses the plurality of clamping members in the stacking direction to allow the plurality of clamping members to be fixed in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.