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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Joseph Karl Schlafhauser, Troy, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Karl Schlafhauser, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/10 (2006.01); B21J 15/26 (2006.01); B21J 15/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B21J 15/105 (2013.01); B21J 15/26 (2013.01); B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B21J 15/285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rivet setting machine is provided. In another aspect, a linear displacement sensor directly senses and detects a position of a rivet-setting punch relative to a nosepiece of a rivet setting machine. A further aspect provides a control system and software instructions for sensing the relative position of a punch and nosepiece used by a programmable controller to determine and monitor a rivet setting position without use of a force sensor, motor current/voltage sensor, or a rotation sensor.