Newfrey Lcc

Emhart Inc.

Alfred Gerhardt

Florian Steinmueller

Sascha Becker

Hans Peter Seng

Hans Wiessler

Kurt Liebich

Norbert Tessarsch

Bruno Mergell

Florian Steinmüller

A fastening system head for attachment to a movable frame, in particular to a robot, has a carrier to which a fastening tool is attached which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The fastening tool has a holding device for an element fastenable to a component, and has a fastening drive device to move the holding device along a fastening direction for fastening. The axis of rotation is oriented crosswise to the fastening direction. A feed mechanism is included to feed elements to the fastening tool. At least one additional feed mechanism is provided on the fastening system head, for feeding elements to the fastening tool.

Fastening system head, fastening system, and method for feeding and fastening elements

A fastening system head for attachment to a movable frame, in particular to a robot, has a carrier to which a fastening tool is attached which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The fastening tool has a holding device for an element fasteneable to a component, and has a fastening drive device to move the holding device along a fastening direction for fastening. The axis of rotation is oriented crosswise to the fastening direction. A feed mechanism is included to feed elements to the fastening tool. At least one additional feed mechanism is provided on the fastening system head, for feeding elements to the fastening tool.

Stud feeder with an adapter (1), in which a conveying duct (4) and a stud feed orifice (3) designed substantially perpendicularly to the conveying duct (4) are provided, with a cylindrical or slightly conical stud holder (2) arranged coaxially to the conveying duct (4) and with a loading pin (10) which is capable of moving to and fro in the conveying duct (4) and which displaces studs (9) from the stud feed orifice (3) to the stud holder (2), characterized in that the conveying duct (4) is formed by a tubular gripper (5) which is slotted at least over a proportion of its length, and the gripper segments (6) are resilient substantially perpendicularly to their length.

Stud feeder

A stud welding device for use in welding T studs comprises a receiver into which T studs are fed from a feeding device and located in the path of a plunger which carries the stud into a welding position. Spring means are provided in the receiver to engage the head of a T stud fed into the receiver to hold the stud in place thus to reduce the possibility of jamming.

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Lahnau, Germany

Alfred Gerhardt