DE102018210362A1 - Setting tool for placing at least one shaped body on a workpiece - Google Patents

Abstract

Setting tool (1) for placing at least one shaped body (2) on a workpiece (3), the setting tool (1) having a guide mandrel (6) which has a shaped body setting position (5) and can be moved relative to a holding device (4), in particular a radial compensation , wherein the guide mandrel (6) can be locked relative to the holding device (4), the guide mandrel (6) being locked in the locked state on the holding device (4) and being movable in an unlocked state relative to the holding device (4), the at least one shaped body (2) can be moved along a loading path (9) of the guide mandrel (6) into the shaped body setting position (5).

Description

The invention relates to a setting tool for placing at least one shaped body on a workpiece.

From the prior art, for example WO 2015/039 819 A1 Shaped bodies in the form of clip elements, for example fastening claws, are known which have a circular ring section which has a radial inside, from which at least two flexurally elastic tongue-like elements protrude obliquely inwards towards the top of a fastening. The tongue-like elements have free ends that define a central, open area of the fastening claw. A molded body, in particular a ball, can be inserted into the clip element from an underside of the fastening claw and clamped between the two ends of the tongue-like elements.

Consequently, a complementary clip element can be applied to a male fixing element arranged on a workpiece. For the, in particular automated, large series production, it is necessary that the corresponding shaped bodies can be positioned or set exactly so that they can be connected to the corresponding elements on a workpiece to be connected to the workpiece. If there is a deviation in the setting position, for example due to a different positioning by means of a robot, between the workpiece and the molded body setting position, the subsequent joining of two workpieces / components can be adversely affected, since the complementary connecting elements are arranged at different positions.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved setting tool for placing at least one shaped body on a workpiece, wherein the positioning of the shaped body on the workpiece is improved.

The object is achieved by a setting tool with the features of claim 1. Further advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.

The setting tool according to the invention has a guide mandrel which can be moved relative to a holding device, in particular a radial compensation, and has a molded body setting position, the guide mandrel being lockable with respect to the holding device, the guide mandrel being locked in the locked state on the holding device and in an unlocked state relative to the holding device is movable, the at least one shaped body being movable along a loading path of the guide mandrel into the shaped body setting position.

It is therefore provided according to the invention that the guide mandrel provides a shaped body setting position in which the at least one shaped body can be positioned for placement on the workpiece. In other words, the molded body is moved into the molded body setting position before it is actually placed on the workpiece, for example into a recess in the workpiece, in order to be placed on the workpiece from there. In order to achieve an exact positioning of the molded body relative to the workpiece, for example in an opening of the workpiece, the setting tool according to the invention has a holding device to which the guide mandrel can be moved relatively.

The holding device, for example a radial compensation, thus enables a relative movement of the guide mandrel and thus a relative movement of the molded body received in the molded body setting position, so that a deviation between a desired position and a different actual position of the molded body with respect to the workpiece can be compensated. It is thus possible for a deviation between the position of the setting tool and the position of the opening / recess in the workpiece into which the shaped body is to be inserted to be compensated. This deviation can thus be compensated for by a relative movement of the guide mandrel relative to the holding device. The guide mandrel can move relative to the holding device and thus move the molded body received in the molded body setting position into the desired position.

Furthermore, the guide pin can be locked with respect to the holding device, the guide pin being locked with respect to the holding device in the locked state and being movable relative to the holding device in an unlocked state. Accordingly, a relative movement between the guide mandrel and the holding device can be made possible by setting the guide mandrel in the unlocked state so that it can be moved relative to the holding device. In the locked state, a relative movement between the holding device and the guide mandrel is not possible. The guide mandrel can be arranged centrally or eccentrically on the holding device, in particular with respect to a central axis of the holding device.

It is thus preferably possible to move the guide mandrel locked by means of the setting tool to the position of the workpiece in which the at least one shaped body is to be placed. The shaped body positioned in the shaped body setting position can, for example, be in contact with one Bring the edge of the recess in the workpiece. The guide mandrel can then be unlocked so that the molded body “finds” the position in the workpiece through the contact with the workpiece. The guide mandrel is thus moved as a function of a deviation between the position of the workpiece and the current shaped body setting position relative to the holding device, so that the shaped body is moved into the position on the workpiece, for example an opening, that is to say it is centered.

The guide pin is then locked so that a relative movement between the holding device and the guide pin is no longer possible. The setting process of the shaped body, that is to say a joining process with which the shaped body is connected to the workpiece, can then be carried out. The molded body can be placed on the workpiece by any method, for example welding or gluing or butt joints. Furthermore, the shape or the geometric shape of the shaped body can be selected as desired, a spherical shape being preferred since this supports the positional finding of the shaped body on the workpiece, in particular in an opening of the workpiece. However, it is also possible to design the shaped body as a roller or cone or the like. The relative movement between the guide mandrel and the holding device can include a rotary movement and / or a linear movement in one or more directions.

According to a first embodiment of the setting tool according to the invention, it can be provided that the setting tool comprises at least one sensor which is designed to detect at least one parameter describing the shaped body, in particular one in the event of a contact between the shaped body and the workpiece on those arranged in the shaped body setting position The force acting on the shaped body and / or a position of the shaped body, preferably relative to a recess in the workpiece. Accordingly, it is provided that a sensor, for example in connection with a control device, detects a parameter that describes the molded body.

The parameter can in particular be a force that acts on the molded body while the molded body is arranged in the molded body setting position. As described above, the molded body setting position is arranged on the end of the guide mandrel facing the workpiece when the molded body is set, that is to say at the end of the loading path that runs through the guide mandrel. When the workpiece comes into contact, the molded body consequently comes into contact with the workpiece, so that a force acts on the molded body. This force can be detected using the sensor. Then it is possible to detect the position of the shaped body relative to the workpiece, in particular relative to a recess in the workpiece, for example with a corresponding displacement sensor. The sensor can be understood, for example, as a combined force-displacement sensor.

In other words, it is possible to detect a force and / or a path in relation to the molded body when the molded body is set, the molded body, as described above, first being brought into contact with the workpiece. When the guide mandrel or the holding device is unlocked so that a relative movement between the guide mandrel and the holding device is made possible, the force acting on the shaped body and the position or a change in position of the shaped body, preferably relative to the workpiece, can be detected.

Furthermore, it can be provided in the setting tool according to the invention that the setting tool can be connected or connected to a control device, the control device being designed to set a shaped body received in the shaped body setting position as a function of the at least one parameter. It is consequently possible to record the at least one parameter and to set the shaped body as a function thereof. Accordingly, the shaped body can be brought into its shaped body setting position by the loading track, the setting tool being moved relative to the workpiece, for example by means of robot tracking, in such a way that the shaped body is moved into the position to be set on the workpiece. If there are deviations in the positioning of the molded body, so that the molded body is not, for example, placed centered in a recess in the workpiece, but comes into contact with the edge of the recess, the molded body can be self-centered in the recess by unlocking the guide mandrel, so that a relative movement between the holding device and the guide pin is made possible. As a result, the shaped body, for example a ball, can be moved further into the recess or, due to the force acting on the shaped body, since it was brought into contact with the workpiece, center itself in the recess. The centering of the shaped body in the recess therefore follows the so-called "Swiss roulette principle".

The setting of the shaped body, that is to say the actual connection between the shaped body and the workpiece, can take place as a function of the parameter, for example depending on the force acting on the shaped body and / or the position or the path described by the shaped body after unlocking. Interpret the power and / or the Position or the way that the molded body has reached the desired position relative to the workpiece, in particular centered in the opening or the recess in the workpiece, the guide mandrel is locked relative to the holding device and the molded body can be placed on the workpiece , for example by means of welding, in particular laser welding, gluing, bumps or the like.

After the molded article has been placed, another molded article can be loaded into the molded article setting position through the loading track. As described above, the loading track has a shaped body setting position at the free end of the loading track, in which a shaped body for setting the shaped body can be received. The molded body is preferably held in the molded body setting position in such a way that the molded body cannot automatically detach itself from the molded body setting position. Corresponding means for holding the shaped body can thus be provided on the guide mandrel, in particular in the shaped body setting position, for example by means of a spring element, in particular a clamp guide or a ball clamping sleeve or the like.

The setting tool according to the invention can further be developed in such a way that a loading pin is provided which is designed to move a shaped body from a feed position along the loading path into the shaped body setting position. The loading pin is thus provided for moving a further shaped body, for example a ball, from a feed position in the guide mandrel along the loading track into the shaped body setting position. In other words, the charging pin “repeats” a molded article from the feed position into the molded article setting position.

The charging pin can advantageously also be designed to provide a means, for example a joining means, required for placing the shaped body on the workpiece. For example, a welding current can be provided via the charging pin, which is required for welding the molded body to the workpiece. A corresponding welding current can be provided, for example, via a current source to which the charging pin can be connected. The molded body can thus be fixed directly on the component, for example by resistance welding, it advantageously being possible to monitor the welding current and / or the voltage during the setting process or to record it as a parameter. In this case, an annular projection weld can preferably be formed through the contact surface. Furthermore, it is also possible for the loading pin to exert a force on the shaped body, which moves the shaped body against the workpiece, for example in order to support the location of the shaped body in a recess in the workpiece. In addition, it is also possible for the connection between the molded body and the workpiece to be carried out by an external device, for example an external welding device.

The guide mandrel preferably has a shape centering element, in particular a shape centering sleeve, which is designed to center the charging pin in the loading track. This further improves the movement of the loading pin in the loading path, since the loading pin can thus be guided in the center of the loading path. This ensures that the loading pin is centered in the loading track, so that the loading pin can move new molded articles from the feed position into the molded article setting position in a defined manner.

In the setting tool according to the invention, at least one feed device can also be provided, which is designed to feed at least one shaped body to the loading track arranged in the guide mandrel, in particular into the feeding position of the loading track. In other words, several, in particular a large number, of shaped bodies can be kept in the feed device, which can be moved from the feed device into the feed position within the loading path if required. The shaped bodies can then be moved from the feed position, for example by means of the loading pin, as described above, into the shaped body setting position at the end of the loading path or at the free end of the guide mandrel. The feed device improves the automation of the setting process, since the setting tool, for example in a design as a setting head mounted on a robot, has a reservoir of shaped bodies by means of the feed device which can be placed on the corresponding workpiece.

The feed device can particularly preferably be designed as a magazine, preferably interchangeable, which accommodates several shaped bodies. The feed device or the magazine can then be connected to the setting tool in order to provide moldings for setting on the workpiece, as described above. The magazine can preferably be designed to be exchangeable, so that another magazine can be connected to the setting tool if necessary. For example, different magazines with different shaped bodies can thus be provided, which can be exchanged or exchanged if necessary.

Different magazines can preferably use different materials of shaped bodies and / or different geometric shapes of Contain molded articles. This also ensures that the setting tool can be used for a large number of tasks and is not limited to the setting of a single shape of shaped bodies. Of course, the setting tool can also have a plurality of feed devices or a plurality of magazines in order to load the corresponding shaped body into the feed position or into the shaped body setting position for the respective task. The magazine can comprise a further device which supports the feeding of molded bodies into the feed position, for example the molded bodies accommodated in the magazine can be spring-loaded so that their movement from the magazine into the feed position is supported. Of course, a movement supported by gravity or any other support for the movement of the shaped bodies is alternatively or additionally possible.

The shape of the magazine is also freely selectable or can be adapted to the corresponding requirements, for example the available installation space of the setting tool. For example, the magazine can be designed as a rod magazine, drum magazine, double drum magazine, banana magazine or any other design of the magazine.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the setting tool, it can be provided that the feed device is arranged on the guide mandrel or on the holding device. The feed device, for example the magazine, can thus be arranged directly on the guide mandrel in order to provide moldings for placement on the workpiece. In this case, a corresponding opening can be provided in the guide mandrel, which connects the feed device to the loading track, in particular to the feed position. It is also possible to arrange the feed device on the holding device or to integrate it at least in sections into the holding device.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the feed device can have a preferably funnel-shaped pick-up device arranged above the guide mandrel, the loading track being connected to the pick-up device by means of a feed track, in particular a flexible belt. According to this configuration, the feed device is above the guide mandrel, i.e. arranged on the side of the guide mandrel facing away from the workpiece. The feed device can, for example, be arranged on the holding device or at least partially integrated into it.

The feed device also has a, preferably funnel-shaped, receiving device in which the shaped bodies can be received. The moldings are separated, for example by the shape of the receiving device, and guided into the loading path by a feed path. The feed path can be designed, for example, as a flexible belt, in particular in the form of a hose, in order to connect the receiving device to the loading path. In other words, the shaped bodies are accommodated in the receiving device, which is, for example, funnel-shaped and guides the shaped bodies in the feed path. The shaped bodies are preferably present individually in the feed path and can therefore be guided into the loading path, in particular the feed position.

The setting tool according to the invention can further be developed in such a way that the feed device has a conveying device, in particular a drivable gearwheel, which is designed to convey molded articles from the receiving device through the feed path into the loading path, in particular the feed position. According to this embodiment, it is provided that the shaped bodies are conveyed from the feed device into the loading path by means of a conveying device. The conveying device can be designed, for example, as a drivable gearwheel that can be driven, for example, by means of a corresponding drive. Any suitable drive means can be used as the drive, for example an electric motor.

The conveying device can also be used to separate the shaped bodies received in the feed device, for example the receiving device, and to convey them through the feed path or out of the magazine into the feed position, ie into the loading path.

Advantageously, the feed device can also be made refillable, preferably automated, by means of a refill device. Accordingly, a refill device can be provided with which the feed device is appropriately operatively connected, so that molded articles can be refilled from the refill device. For example, the refill device can be designed as a "magazine station", i.e. provide a large number of (different) magazines by means of which the feed device can be refilled. For example, the refill device can provide several (different) magazines, wherein the feed device of the setting tool can be supplemented, exchanged or refilled by means of the magazines.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the “magazine station” provides several different magazines, so that the corresponding magazine can be fed to each setting tool and the corresponding feed device can thus be refilled. In particular, different materials and / or different shapes of shaped bodies can be provided, so that the setting tool can fulfill the corresponding task.

The refill device can further comprise loading strips, automatic loading devices and the like. Furthermore, a manual loading of moldings, for example into magazines, can be carried out in the refill device, which can then be made available for the setting tool.

• - Positionieren des Setzwerkzeugs an oder im Bereich einer Ausnehmung des Werkstücks
• - Laden eines Formkörpers aus einer Zuführeinrichtung in eine in einem Führungsdorn des Setzwerkzeugs angeordneten Ladebahn
• - Entriegeln einer Verriegelung zwischen Führungsdorn und einem Halteeinrichtung
• - Setzen des Formkörpers in die Ausnehmung

In addition, the invention relates to a method for setting at least one shaped body into a recess in a workpiece by means of a setting tool, in particular a setting tool according to the invention, as described above, the method comprising the steps:

• - Positioning the setting tool on or in the region of a recess in the workpiece
• - Loading a molded body from a feed device into a loading track arranged in a guide mandrel of the setting tool
• - Unlocking a lock between the guide pin and a holding device
• - Place the molded body in the recess

According to the method according to the invention, the setting tool is thus moved, for example by means of robot tracking, to a recess in the workpiece. The workpiece can be a body component that has at least one recess that was previously made in the workpiece, for example by means of a laser. The workpieces / components can consist of different materials or comprise such as metals, in particular aluminum and steel, or plastics.

The setting tool accordingly loads a molded body from a feed device into a loading path arranged in a guide mandrel of the setting tool. As described above, the feed device can provide the corresponding shaped body in a feed position from which a loading pin repeats the shaped body into the shaped body setting position. In other words, the loading pin moves the shaped body from the feed position through the loading track into the shaped body setting position, in which the shaped body is held in the recess of the workpiece until the shaped body is finally set.
After the shaped body has been repeated in the shaped body setting position and the setting tool has been positioned accordingly on the workpiece, there is contact between the workpiece, in particular the recess of the workpiece, and the shaped body arranged in the shaped body setting position or such contact is produced by moving the setting tool. The locking between the guide mandrel and the holding device can then be unlocked, so that a relative movement between the guide mandrel and the holding device is possible.

If there is a deviation between the central position of the recess in which the shaped body is to be positioned and the desired position in which the shaped body is currently arranged relative to the workpiece, the force acting on the shaped body results from the surface of the workpiece acts on the molded body, produces a relative movement between the guide mandrel and the holding device, which guides the molded body and with it the guide mandrel further into the recess, so that the molded body is correspondingly centered in the recess.

In particular, this is achieved by choosing a sphere or a spherical shape as the shaped body. A self-centering of the shaped body in the recess in the workpiece is thus achieved, so that any deviation that may occur between the desired position in which the shaped body is to be placed in the recess and the position caused by the movement of the setting tool relative to the workpiece, for example is achieved by means of robot control.

After the shaped body is centered in the recess, the spherical shaped body in particular has positioned itself cleanly in the recess, the guide mandrel can be locked again on the holding device, so that a relative movement between the guide mandrel and holding device is no longer possible. Then, in particular as a function of a previously recorded parameter, as described above, the molded body can be placed in the recess. As also described above, the setting of the shaped body can be achieved by a variety of joining techniques, for example by means of (laser) welding, gluing, butting points and the like.

• 1 ein erfindungsgemäßes Setzwerkzeug gemäß einer ersten Ausführungsform;
• 2 das erfindungsgemäße Setzwerkzeug aus 1;
• 3 das erfindungsgemäße Setzwerkzeug aus 1, 2; und
• 4 ein erfindungsgemäßes Setzwerkzeug gemäß einer zweiten Ausführungsform.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the figures. The figures are schematic representations and show:

• 1 an inventive setting tool according to a first embodiment;
• 2 the setting tool according to the invention 1 ;
• 3 the setting tool according to the invention 1 . 2 ; and
• 4 an inventive setting tool according to a second embodiment.

1 shows a setting tool 1 for placing at least one shaped body 2 on a workpiece 3 , the setting tool 1 one relative to a holding device 4 movable, a molded body position 5 having a guide pin 6 has, the guide mandrel 6 opposite the holding device 4 can be locked. The holding device 4 is designed in this embodiment as a radial compensation, and is able to a relative position between the guide mandrel 6 and the two halves 7 . 8th the holding device 4 to enable. In other words, the guide pin 6 in half 7 the holding device 4 arranged opposite half 8th the holding device 4 is movably mounted. Thus, the guide pin 6 along with half 7 the holding device 4 relative to the other half 8th the holding device 4 move, provided the holding device 4 is unlocked. If the holding device 4 is locked, as in the in 1 situation shown, are relative movements between the two halves 7 . 8th and thus the guide pin 6 not possible.

As described previously, the setting tool is 1 for placing molded articles 2 educated. The moldings 2 are along a loading track 9 in the molded body position 5 movable. In particular, the loading track points 9 or the guide pin 6 a feed position 10 on in which the molded body 2 inside the loading track 9 in the in 1 situation shown is positioned.

The setting tool 1 according to the in 1 illustrated first embodiment also has a feed device 11 on, which is designed to be in the guide mandrel 6 arranged loading track 9 , especially in the feed position 10 , Molded body 2 respectively. The feeder 11 is designed as a magazine and on the guide mandrel 6 arranged. The leadership facility 11 is interchangeable, which means that other management facilities 11 instead of in 1 shown guide device 11 on the guide pin 6 can be arranged to moldings 2 provide. The feeder 11 also has a conveyor 12 on, which is designed as an elastic spring element, and the molded body 2 that are in the feeder 11 are added to be applied with a force, so that this from the feed device 11 in the feed position 10 the loading track 9 in the guide pin 6 be moved.

As previously described, in the 1 represented situation a molded body 2 in the feed position 10 arranged. The setting tool 1 also has a charging pin 13 on the inside of the mandrel 6 along the loading track 9 can be moved. This is by an arrow 14 shown. When moving the charging pin 13 the charging pin moves 13 the one in the feed position 10 arranged shaped body 2 in the direction of the molding position 5 or in the molding position 5 located on the free end of the guide mandrel 6 , that is the workpiece 3 facing free end of the guide mandrel 6 located. The movement of the loading pin 13 is through a form centering sleeve 15 centered or the charging pin 13 is through the form centering sleeve 15 in the guide pin 6 centered.

As in 2 shown, can then if the molded body 2 in the molded body position 5 the setting tool was spent 1 relative to the workpiece 3 , for example a body component, are moved. The setting tool 1 can, for example, by means of a connection 16 connected to a robot (not shown) and moved by it. Present as in 2 is shown, the setting tool 1 to a recess 17 previously moved into the workpiece using a laser 3 was introduced. The size of the recess 17 adapted to the shape or size of the molded body 2 be introduced. In particular, the depth at which the molded body can be adjusted 2 into the recess 17 can be introduced.

The molded body is present 2 not exactly in the center of the recess 17 but on one edge 18 the recess 17 , positioned, for example by means of a force-displacement sensor 19 detectable. The force-displacement sensor 19 captures the on the molded body 2 acting force or the position of the molded body 2 relative to the workpiece 3 , In this embodiment, the force-displacement sensor 19 doing so with the charging pin 13 coupled to detect the force or to determine the path or position. To the deviation between the central position of the recess 17 and the in 2 present position of the molded body 2 to compensate, the holding device 4 unlock so that half 7 towards half 8th can move. Therefore, the guide pin 6 relative to the holding device 4 move.

Because of the contact of the molded body 2 on the edge 18 the recess 17 positions or centers the molded body 2 even in the recess 17 , with the guide pin 6 relative to the holding device 4 moves, especially the two halves move 7 . 8th the holding device 4 and with half 7 the guide pin 6 , The mandrel takes 6 as well as the molded body 2 in the 3 position shown.

3 shows the setting tool 1 after the two halves 7 . 8th the holding device 4 were moved relatively and the molded body 2 in the recess 17 in the workpiece 3 was centered. A tracking of the setting tool 1 or the molded body 2 deeper into the recess 17 can by means of the guidance of the setting tool 1 for example by means of the robot, or it is possible for the holding device 4 a relative movement in this direction (on the workpiece 3 to) in the unlocked state.

Because of the shape of the molded body 2 The molded body “finds” 2 the center of the recess 17 , for example a circular hole. Finding the center of the recess 17 can by means of the force-displacement curve, that by means of the force-displacement sensor 19 is detected, verified. Then the molded body 2 in the recess 17 be set, ie with the workpiece 3 get connected. For this purpose, for example, a joining device 20 provided that generates a welding current that is via the charging pin 13 in the molded body 2 can be initiated and this with the recess 17 , especially the edge 18 the recess 17 welded.

In addition, other joining methods are possible, for example ultrasonic welding, gluing, butting points and the like, with the charging pin 13 can provide the necessary joining agent. The molded body 2 at the recess 17 tightly welded, ie that the molded body 2 completely on the edge 18 the recess 17 is welded. Of course, it is also possible to use several shaped bodies 2 to put on top of each other or molded body 2 also to any other position of the workpiece 3 , for example corners, edges or the like.

Furthermore, a refill device 21 provided, which is designed to the setting tool 1 moldings 2 feed or refill them. In the in 3 The illustrated embodiment is the refill device 21 trained as a "magazine station". Ie, the refill device 21 stocks several feeders 11 , in particular several magazines with molded articles 2 are filled. For example, if the molded body 2 the feed device 11 should be used up, the feeder 11 by means of the refill device 21 to be replaced. It is also possible to change the feed direction 11 against another feed device 11 to exchange, for example, other moldings 2 recorded or saved.

In addition, it is also possible that the refill device 21 the moldings 2 the feed direction 11 refills, for example by means of loading strips, automatic vending machines or that the refill device 21 Provides funds, molded articles 2 in feeders 11 manually.

4 shows a setting tool 1 according to a second embodiment. The guide pin 6 is in half 7 the holding device 4 eccentric with respect to a central axis of the holding device 4 arranged. The basic structure and the basic function of the in 4 shown setting tool 1 is identical to the setting tool 1 that in the 1 to 3 is shown. Consequently, the explanations with respect to the 1 to 3 on the in 4 illustrated setting tool 1 transferable.

The setting tool 1 in 4 also has a feed device 11 on that a conveyor 22 having. The conveyor 22 is designed as a drivable gear that can be driven by an electric motor, not shown. The conveyor 22 is also designed to be molded 2 from a reception facility 23 to separate and into a feed path 24 supply. The reception facility 23 is in half 7 the holding device 4 integrated and is designed to a variety of moldings 2 take.

After separation by the conveyor 22 become the shaped body 2 through a feed path 24 , for example a flexible belt, in particular a flexible hose, through a corresponding opening in the guide mandrel 6 into the loading track 9 , especially the feed position 10 , fed. In other words, the loading track 9 with the feed path 24 connected so shaped body 2 into the loading track 9 can be supplied. From the feed position 10 from the molded body 2 , as described above, in the molded body position 5 be moved and placed.

The details, advantages and features described in the individual exemplary embodiments can be completely combined with one another or transferred to one another. Of course, the method according to the invention can be done by means of the setting tool according to the invention 1 be performed.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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setting tool

2

moldings

3

workpiece

4

holder

5

Moldings setting position

6

guide pin

7

half

8th

half

9

loading path

10

feeding

11

feeding

12

Conveyor

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loading pin

14

arrow

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Formzentrierhülse

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connection

17

recess

18

edge

19

Force-displacement sensor

20

joining device

21

refilling

23

Conveyor

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recording device

24

feed

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Patent literature cited

• WO 2015/039819 A1 [0002]

Claims (11)

Setting tool (1) for placing at least one shaped body (2) on a workpiece (3), the setting tool (1) having a guide mandrel (6) which has a shaped body setting position (5) and can be moved relative to a holding device (4), in particular a radial compensation , wherein the guide mandrel (6) can be locked relative to the holding device (4), the guide mandrel (6) being locked in the locked state on the holding device (4) and being movable in an unlocked state relative to the holding device (4), the at least one shaped body (2) can be moved along a loading path (9) of the guide mandrel (6) into the shaped body setting position (5). Setting tool after Claim 1 characterized in that the setting tool (1) comprises at least one sensor (19) which is designed to detect at least one parameter describing the shaped body (2), in particular one in the event of contact between the shaped body (2) and the workpiece ( 3) force acting on the shaped body (2) arranged in the shaped body setting position (5) and / or a position of the shaped body (2), preferably relative to a recess (17) in the workpiece (3). Setting tool according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the setting tool (1) can be connected or is connected to a control device, the control device being designed to receive a shaped body (2) accommodated in the shaped body setting position (5) as a function of the at least one parameter put. Setting tool according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a loading pin (13) which is designed to move a shaped body (2) from a feed position (10) along the loading path (9) into the shaped body setting position (5). Setting tool according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one feed device (11) which is designed to feed the loading track (9) arranged in the guide mandrel (6), in particular into the feed position (10) of the loading track (9), at least one shaped body ( 2) feed. Setting tool after Claim 5 , characterized in that the feed device (11) is designed as a magazine, preferably replaceable, which accommodates a plurality of shaped bodies (2). Setting tool after Claim 5 or 6 , characterized in that the feed device (11) is arranged on the guide mandrel (6) or on the holding device (4). Setting tool according to one of the Claims 5 to 7 characterized in that the feed device (11) has a preferably funnel-shaped pick-up device (23) arranged above the guide mandrel (6), the loading track (9) being connected to the pick-up device (17) by means of a feed track (24), in particular a flexible belt. 23) is connected. Setting tool according to one of the Claims 5 to 8th , characterized in that the feed device (11) has a conveyor device (12, 22), in particular a drivable gearwheel, which is designed to remove molded bodies (2) from the receiving device (23) of the feed device (11) through the feed path (24 ) in the loading track (9), in particular in the feed position (10). Setting tool according to one of the Claims 5 to 9 , characterized in that the feed device (11) can be refilled, preferably automatically, by means of a refill device (21). Method for setting at least one molded body (2) into a recess (17) of a workpiece (3) by means of a setting tool (1), in particular a setting tool (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the steps - positioning the setting tool (1) at a recess (17) of the workpiece (3) - loading a molded body (2) from a feed device (11) into a loading track (9) arranged in a guide mandrel (6) of the setting tool (1) - unlocking a lock between the guide mandrel (6 ) and a holding device (4) - placing the shaped body (2) in the recess (17)

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