Semi-Truck Brake Shoe Riveter

A semi-truck brake shoe riveter, comprising:

• a housing adapted to stand on a floor;
• a powered exit conveyor unloading a plurality of new drum brakes from the housing;
• a programmable logic control system having a panel-mounted display with a touch screen;
• a plurality of operational safety buttons including an extended emergency stop button and an extended and widened activation button disposed on an exterior portion of the housing adapted to be in front of an operator;
• a machine carriage rotating and moving horizontally to precisely align each of a plurality of brake shoe tables with a plurality of brake shoes, the brake shoe tables and the brake shoes are grasped and placed individually onto the machine carriage, and the brake shoe tables each includes a first plurality of holes that align with the brake shoes that each includes a second plurality of holes;
• a rivet hopper loading a plurality of rivets to the machine carriage;
• a plurality of hydraulic cylinders driving a plurality of rams downward;
• and
• a plurality of automated riveter anvils driving into each of the rams on the brake shoe tables that roll, torque, or crimp the rivets to attach each of the brake shoe tables to each of the brake shoes to produce the new drum brakes.