Newfrey Lcc

Audi Ag

Simon Dietz

Reinhold Opper

Alexander Schug

Klaus-Gisbert Schmitt

Manuel Spiess

Florian Steinmuller

Carsten Baer

Thomas Brieden

A method and apparatus for feeding joining elements to a joining tool is presented. The joining tool may be movable by a programmable handling unit, and a magazine for receiving at least one joining element may be mounted on the joining tool. The magazine may be moved to a filling station that has a tubular section with an outlet opening. An inlet opening of the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening. At least one joining element may be conveyed to the tubular section so that it passes through the tubular section, the outlet opening, the inlet opening, and into the magazine. During the orienting, the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening such that the magazine is spaced apart from the filling station during the conveying of the at least one joining element.

Method and apparatus for feeding joining elements

A method for joining a fastening element on to a surface portion of a component, the fastening element having an adhesion face, on to which there is applied an adhesive that is thermally meltable and thermally settable, comprising the steps of:

Joining method, joining appliance and fastening element

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Giessen, Germany

Simon Dietz