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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Broetje-automation Gmbh, Rastede, DE;
Inventor:
Christoph Eusterwiemann, Oldenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/32 (2006.01); B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/32 (2013.01); B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B23P 19/001 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for filling a rivet cartridge with rivet elements by means of a rivet loading station having a rivet delivery unit for delivering the rivet elements and having a rivet cartridge receiving means for receiving a rivet cartridge. The rivet elements are supplied from the rivet delivery unit to a rivet cartridge which is received in the rivet cartridge receiving means and are received therein in an aligned manner. The rivet loading station detects pre-determined characteristics of the rivet elements that are relevant to the drilling process and/or the riveting process prior to supplying them to the rivet cartridge.