Automated DIN rail shear system
AssigneeDesign Ready Controls, Inc.
InventorMario Daniel Coviello
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Abstract
An apparatus is described that is suitable for automated manufacture of electrical control panel DIN rails. The apparatus is directed to an automated assembly that shears multiple DIN rail blanks at varying lengths without a need to manually feed DIN rail blanks through a cutter. The apparatus is particularly well suited for use in an automated assembly of electrical control panels that require customized lengths of significant quantities of DIN rail.
Claims19
An apparatus to repetitively shear DIN rail to selected lengths, said apparatus comprising:
- a shear die assembly that actuates between an open position and shearing position;
- a shear actuator paired with the shear die assembly to actuate a cutter punch of the shear die assembly to the shearing position;
- a cassette to contain at least two DIN rail blanks;
- a motor coupled to the cassette to rotate and index the cassette;
- a DIN rail advancer that advances DIN rail from the cassette towards a die of the shear die assembly;
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- a roller cog assembly to feed DIN rail through the shear die assembly.
An apparatus to repetitively shear DIN rail to selected lengths, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame having first and second spaced apart base sections;
- a shear die assembly supported by the first base section, wherein said shear die assembly actuates between an open position and shearing position;
- a shear actuator paired with the shear assembly to actuate a cutter of the shear assembly to the shearing position;
- a cassette to contain at least two DIN rail blanks;
- a motor supported by the second base and coupled to the cassette to rotate and index the cassette;
- a DIN rail advancer that advances DIN rail from the cassette towards the shear die assembly;
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- a roller cog assembly to feed DIN rail through a die of the shear die assembly.
A method of repetitively shearing DIN rail to selected lengths, said method comprising the steps of:
- loading DIN rail blanks into a DIN rail cassette having a capacity capable of containing at least two DIN rail blanks;
- indexing the DIN rail cassette to allow more DIN rail blanks to be loaded into the DIN rail cassette;
- advancing a length of DIN rail blank from the cassette with an automated DIN rail advancer, wherein the DIN rail blank is advanced from the DIN rail cassette through a die of a shear die assembly;
- actuating a punch of the shear die assembly to shear the DIN rail blank;
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- autonomously advancing the DIN rail blank and shearing the DIN rail blank until a preselected number of DIN rail blanks are sheared.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.