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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Yi-lung Lee, Taichung, TW;
Yi-Lung Lee, Taichung, TW;
Tera Autotech Corporation, Taichung, TW;
Abstract
An automatic screw tightening apparatus is to fasten at least one screw into a screw hole of a workpiece and comprises a work platform, a movable carrying deck, an image observation module, a screw fastening module and a fastening inspection module. The movable carrying deck has a carrying portion to carry and hold the workpiece and a movement portion to control the workpiece moved sequentially to a first position, a second position and a third position that are respectively corresponding to the image observation module, screw fastening module and fastening inspection module to confirm the position of the screw hole, fasten the screw and inspect fastening correctness of the screw. Thus the workpiece can be assembled quickly and fastening can be done correctly to achieve mass production and reduce cost.