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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Tox Pressotechnik Gmbh & Co. KG, Weingarten, DE;
Michael Badent, Weingarten, DE;
TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, Weingarten, DE;
Abstract
A method for setting a joining element or a functional element is provided, including providing an apparatus including a mount, a punch on the mount, a hold-down device surrounding the punch, a die on the mount coaxially opposite the punch, and a drive unit, moving the die with the drive unit, and performing an independent loading operation. The hold-down device executes a loading stroke during which a compressive force is provided via a pneumatic force-exerting mechanism. The method also includes performing a setting operation, wherein the hold-down device is pressed against the workpiece in a pressure phase different from that of the loading stroke with a prespecified compressive force. The hold-down device moves in a guided manner on the mount via at least one guide column provided on the mount, and the at least one guide column includes a piston of a pneumatic drive that moves in a pneumatic cylinder.