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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Admede Ab, Malmö, MA;
ADMEDE AB, Malmö, SE;
Abstract
Robot () to tighten a series of nuts () pre-screwed on bolts () arranged in a curved flange connection (), which bolts () project from the nuts () pre-screwed in substantially a nut plane () by a projection length (), which robot () comprises a drive to move the robot () along the curved flange connection () and a tool () to tighten the nuts () with a predefined torque both connected to a support platform (), characterized in that the tool () is built to screw a tension nut () onto the bolt () to elongate the bolt () and to tighten the pre-screwed nut () with a predefined torque with a tightening wheel (), which robot () comprises positioning means to substantially align the axis () of the tension nut () with the axis () of the bolt () by lowering the tool () onto the bolt () in order to screw the tension nut () onto the bolt ().