Placing tool with means for controlling placing processes
AssigneeMS Geraetebau GmbH
InventorAntonin Solfronk
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Abstract
A rivet setting tool is provided to provide improved monitoring of riveted connections during rivet setting. The rivet setting tool includes a head piece for holding a rivet, a device for gripping a rivet pin, a pulling apparatus connected to the device for gripping a rivet pin, and a device for measuring the tension of the pulling apparatus. Using the setting implement according to the invention, a cause of a fault can be determined by means of a comparison between measured values and stored values.
Claims52
A rivet placing tool comprising:
- a head piece for admission of a rivet;
- a mechanism for seizing and/or pulling a riveting bolt;
- hauling equipment connected to said mechanism for seizing and/or pulling;
- means for measuring values occurring with the rivet placing tool;
- a mechanism for comparing said measured values with stored values;
- and
- a mechanism for the determination of a cause of a deviation of said measured values from said stored values from a quantity of stored causes.
A setting tool comprising
- a head piece for holding a rivet;
- a gripping device for gripping and/or pulling the rivet;
- a pulling apparatus connected to the gripping device so that the rivet can be set in a surface;
- a measuring device for measuring a measured value from said pulling apparatus;
- and
- a processor for comparing said measured value with a stored value, said processor determining a cause of a deviation of said measured value from said stored value from a set of stored causes.
A method for monitoring a rivet setting operation, comprising:
- inserting a rivet into a setting implement having a pulling apparatus;
- applying a tensile force to said rivet via said pulling apparatus;
- measuring a variable associated with the rivet setting operation;
- comparing said measured value to a stored value;
- and
- determining a cause for a deviations of said measured value from said stored value from a set of stored causes.
A head piece for a setting tool, comprising:
- a measuring device for measuring a value occurring during a setting operation;
- a comparing device for comparing said values to a stored value;
- a determining device for determining a cause of a deviation of said value from said stored value from a set of stored causes.
A rivet setting tool comprising:
- a head piece for holding a rivet having a rivet pin;
- a gripping device for gripping said rivet pin;
- a pulling apparatus connected to said gripping device;
- at least one piezoelectric sensor for measuring a tension exerted by said pulling apparatus on said rivet pin;
- and
- a communication device for communicating said tension to an external unit.
A method for monitoring a rivet during a setting operation, comprising:
- applying a tension the rivet;
- measuring a change in length of the rivet;
- and
- comparing said change in length to a desired value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.