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AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsRico Scherer, Malte Meyeroltmanns, Tobias Peisker
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A device for detecting the faulty position of and separating fasteners, more particularly blind rivets in a continuously operating conveyor apparatus, by means of which the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine, wherein each fastener is followed in the normal case by a spacer. According to the disclosed embodiments the device has at least three detectors, more particularly contactless inductively acting ring initiators with which on the one hand fasteners can be differentiated from spacers and on the other hand fasteners in the correct position can be differentiated from fasteners in the faulty position in the conveyor apparatus, more particularly in a supply tube. As a result of the at least three ring detectors a minimum-wear low-maintenance operation is ensured so that outage times of the rivet setter and automated riveting machine are reduced as a result of the device connected in on the input side. Furthermore a complex breakdown recognition is possible with corresponding evaluation. Furthermore the disclosed embodiments relate to a method for detecting the position of and separating fasteners in the conveyor apparatus by means of the device.
A device for detecting the faulty position of and separating fasteners, more particularly blind rivets in a continuously operating conveyor apparatus by means of which the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine, wherein each fastener is followed by a spacer, the device comprising:
A method for separating and detecting the faulty position of fasteners with a device where the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine and are followed by a spacer, the method comprising:
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