Clamping device for holding and clamping components
AssigneeEDAG GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsStefan Reith, Christian Koerbel
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Abstract
A clamping device for components to be joined, which clamping device comprises: a first component holder for a first component, a second component holder for a second component, and a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position, and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders.
Claims28
A clamping device for components to be joined, which clamping device comprises:
- a first component holder for a first component,
- a second component holder for a second component,
- and a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position,
- and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders,
- wherein the clamping structure comprises a first structure part connected to the first component holder and a second structure part connected to the second component holder, and the structure parts can be connected to one another and released from another, and the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge can be moved relative to the component holders by pivoting about a rotation axis coinciding with a clamping direction,
- wherein the clamping structure forms a frame which extends around the component holders on two sides of the peripheral edge.
A clamping device for components to be joined, which clamping device comprises:
- a first component holder for a first component,
- a second component holder for a second component,
- a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position, and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders, wherein the clamping structure comprises a first structure part connected to the first component holder and a second structure part connected to the second component holder, and the structure parts can be connected to one another and released from another, and the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge can be moved relative to the component holders by pivoting about a rotation axis coinciding with a clamping direction, and
- an automatically operable coupling with a first coupling half which is connected to the first structure part and a second coupling half which is connected to the second structure part.
A clamping device for components to be joined, which clamping device comprises:
- a first component holder for a first component,
- a second component holder for a second component,
- a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position, and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders, wherein the clamping structure comprises a first structure part connected to the first component holder and a second structure part connected to the second component holder, and the structure parts can be connected to one another and released from another, and the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge can be moved relative to the component holders by pivoting about a rotation axis coinciding with a clamping direction, and
- wherein a robot arm with several joints and joint elements forming the joints in pairs support the clamping device and one of the component holders is connected to one of the joint elements and the clamping structure is connected to another of the joint elements.
A method of joining components for use with a clamping device comprising a first component holder for a first component, a second component holder for a second component, and a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position, and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders, wherein the clamping structure comprises a first structure part connected to the first component holder and a second structure part connected to the second component holder, and the structure parts can be connected to one another and released from another, and the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge can be moved relative to the component holders by pivoting about a rotation axis coinciding with a clamping direction, the method comprising:
- a) clamping the components relative to one another in a joining position by the clamping device,
- b) joining the components to one another along a common peripheral edge with a joining tool, wherein the joining tool comprises at least one hemming roller and the components are joined to one another by a roller hemming process.
A method of joining components for use with a clamping device comprising a first component holder for a first component, a second component holder for a second component, and a clamping structure which secures the component holders relative to one another in a joining position, and when the component holders are in the joining position, the clamping structure extends from an external face of the first component holder to an external face of the second component holder facing away from the external face of the first component holder and extends respectively around a peripheral edge of the component holders, wherein the clamping structure comprises a first structure part connected to the first component holder and a second structure part connected to the second component holder, and the structure parts can be connected to one another and released from another, and the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge can be moved relative to the component holders by pivoting about a rotation axis coinciding with a clamping direction, the method comprising:
- a) clamping the components relative to one another in a joining position by the clamping device,
- b) joining the components to one another along a common peripheral edge with a joining tool,
- wherein the position of at least a region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge is moved relative to the component holders in the longitudinal direction of the peripheral edge,
- wherein the region of the clamping structure extending around the peripheral edge and the joining tool move along the peripheral edge in the same direction in at least one or more sections of the peripheral edge relative to the component holders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.