Integrated clamping and clinching device, particularly for joining sheet-metal panels and the like
AssigneeComau S.p.A.
InventorsFrancesco Palladino, Giancarlo Alborante
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Abstract
Described herein is an integrated clamping and clinching device for sheet-metal panels which simultaneously performs a clamping operation on two or more panels in the precise assembly condition, and application of at least one clinching point for obtaining joining of the panels. The device is provided with at least one pair of clamping elements and at least one pair of clinching elements which are controlled by one and the same fluid cylinder in such a way that the pair of clamping elements reaches a closed position immediately before the pair of clinching elements.
Claims5
A clamping device for clamping sheet-metal panels or the like, comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- at least one first clamping element and one second clamping element that are carried by the supporting structure and can move with respect to one another between an open position and a closed position, in which they are designed to clamp together two or more panels;
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- a fluid cylinder mounted on the supporting structure for controlling the relative movement of said first and second clamping elements,
- wherein said device also comprises at least one first clinching element and at least one second clinching element, which are carried by the supporting structure and can move with respect to one another between an open position and a closed position, in which they are designed to carry out clinching of the panels clamped between said first and second clamping elements and control means for controlling movement of said first and second clinching elements.
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