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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abb Technology Ag, Zurich, CH;
Alexander Marrocco, Windsor, CA;
Isaac Zolotarev, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Arnold Bell, Brighton, MI (US);
Joosok Jinn, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Hossein Firoozgan, Walled Lake, MI (US);
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, MI (US);
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
A press frame for a robot system includes a base, a bridge and a set of columns supporting the bridge above the base. A first robot holds a part on the base and a second robot manipulates a pressing tool to press a component into an opening. The pressing tool is backed by the bridge that opposes a reaction force resulting from pressing the component part into the part. A method of assembling components to a part by pressing the part into an opening while engaging the bridge of a reaction frame. The part is transferred to the base by a first robot that positions the part on the base. A pressing tool and a component are selected by a second robot that orients the component to be inserted in the opening. Data relating to displacement, load and time is collected by the controller.