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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Tox Pressotechnik Gmbh & Co. KG, Weingarten, DE;
Alpha Laser Gmbh, Puchheim, DE;
Michael Badent, Weingarten, DE;
Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Hagnau am Bodensee, DE;
Marcus Matzke, Ravensburg, DE;
Juergen Sollner, Waldburg, DE;
TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, Weingarten, DE;
ALPHA LASER GMBH, Puccheim, DE;
Abstract
A joining tool unit including a hold-down device, a linearly movable tool, and a tool counter element. The hold-down device and the tool counter element are provided opposite each other, a workpiece lies on the tool counter element when the workpiece is arranged on the joining tool unit, and the hold-down device is arranged to be supported on a surface of the workpiece. The hold-down device has a light-guiding system, and the light-guiding system is designed to guide a light beam of a light in the direction of a joint location of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged on the joining tool unit. The light-guiding system is provided on the hold-down device such that the light beam is irradiated onto the joint location solely at an angle which is greater than 0° relative to a movement axis of the linearly movable tool.