EP1875976B1 - Self-piercing riveting unit - Google Patents
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- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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- B21J15/00—Riveting
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- B21J15/28—Control devices specially adapted to riveting machines not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups
- B21J15/285—Control devices specially adapted to riveting machines not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups for controlling the rivet upset cycle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
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- B21J15/02—Riveting procedures
- B21J15/025—Setting self-piercing rivets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
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- the invention relates to a stamped riveting unit for riveting construction, and in particular of bodyshell -Blech inconvenience, according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the object of the invention is the riveting unit of the type mentioned in such a way that the mentioned faulty joint connections avoided in a structurally simple, series-fitting manner and a consistently high rivet quality is achieved.
- the joining process is combined with a hardness test in such a way that only such punching elements are installed which are tested before the beginning of the actual joining operation and classified as within the permissible hardness range, while punching elements with the wrong hardness are removed from the riveting unit that hardness-related imperfect connections that must be subsequently processed in a complex manner or discarded as a committee, can not even arise, with the peculiarity that both the hardness test and the joining process with extremely low construction and time required by the riveting even in a single Working stroke are carried out during immediately consecutive Hubphasen.
- the plastic deformation of the punching element is preferably carried out by a central, integrally formed on the Strin configuration Nietstkovs and the end side in cross-section tapering, expediently spherical segment, pyramidal or conical projection.
- Punching rivets in particular the semi-hollow punch rivets customary for riveting body panels, but also solid rivets, punching bolts or punched nuts can be used as punching elements.
- the punch rivet unit 1 shown in the figures is used in conjunction with a Nietmatrize 2 for riveting punch rivets 3 on sheet metal and in particular body parts 4, 5 and has as main components in a housing 6 slidably guided by housing-fixed stop pin 7 stroke-limited sheet holder 8, which is acted upon by a compression spring 9 in the extension direction, and engaging in a central Nietkanal 10 of the sheet holder 8 Nietstempel 11, which takes over the housing-side support of the compression spring 9 and is held by this in contact with the housing bottom.
- a laterally opening into the rivet channel 10 supply channel 12 via which the punch rivets 3 cyclically air flow conveyed into the rivet channel 10 are introduced.
- solenoid-operated cross slide 14 is arranged, which between a the rivet 10 blocking blocking position ( Fig. 1 and 2a, 2b ) and a release position is reversible.
- the punch rivet unit 1 and the die 2 are moved apart, so that the sheet holder 8 is lowered under the action of the compression spring 9 in the housing 6 and reaches the lower, limited by the stops 7 stroke position, in which the lower Nietstempelende above of the feed channel 12, whereupon a single punch rivet 3 is introduced via the feed channel 12 into the rivet channel 10 and locked against displacement on the cross slide 14 pushed into the blocking position in the extension direction becomes.
- the lifting drive H is activated such that the housing 6 moves in the direction of the rivet die 2 and first the sheet metal parts 4, 5 are pressed against the rivet die 2 by the sheet metal holder 8.
- the pressure force N exerted and the stroke s of the riveting punch 11 are detected by a sensor assembly consisting of a pressure cell 17 and a displacement sensor 18 and supplied to a control stage 19 which measures the ratio of the pressure force N to the stroke s as a measure of the degree of hardness determined the rivet and the riveting unit 1 including the cross slide 14 for the subsequent joining step, when the force / displacement ratio N / s within a predetermined, in Fig. 3 hatched represented tolerance range.
- the punch rivet 3 is then pushed out by the riveting punch 11 via the outlet end of the rivet channel 10 and, in cooperation with the rivet die 2, riveted to the sheet metal parts 4, 5, as is the case Fig.
- the second stroke phase is omitted and the linear actuator H is reversed immediately after the hardness test, so that the punch rivet 3 past the retracted cross slide 14 from the outlet end of the rivet channel 10 freely falls and then z. B. is rejected by a via a check valve 20 released from the control stage 19 compressed air jet as a committee.
- punch riveting unit 1 With the punch riveting unit 1 according to the invention, it is of course also possible to test other punching elements, such as punched or punched nuts, with respect to the degree of hardness and then to rivet them instead of punched rivets 3.
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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Stanznieteinheit zum Vernieten von Bau-, und insbesondere von Rohkarosserie -Blechteilen, nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a stamped riveting unit for riveting construction, and in particular of bodyshell -Blechteilen, according to the preamble of claim 1.
Es ist z. B. aus der
Eine Ursache für eine mangelhafte Qualität derartiger Stanznietverbindungen liegt in einem unrichtigen Härtegrad des Nietmaterials. Ist dieses zu weich, so drückt sich der Niet nicht ins Blechteil, ist es aber zu hart, so verspreizt sich der Niet nicht im Blech und die Nietverbindung ist nicht ausreichend lastsicher. Industriell gefertigte Nietelemente sind im Lieferzustand großen Härtegrad schwankungen unterworfen, die sich bis außerhalb dieses qualitätssichernden Toleranzbereichs erstrecken, so dass es zum Verbau von Nietelementen mit falscher Härte kommt. Die Folge ist eine mangelhafte Fügeverbindung, die mit den bekannten Nietsystemen der eingangs genannten Art, wenn überhaupt, erst nachträglich detektiert wird und dann nachgearbeitet oder als Ausschuss ausgemustert werden muss.One reason for a poor quality of such rivet joints lies in an incorrect degree of hardness of the rivet material. If this is too soft, the rivet is not pressed into the sheet metal part, but if it is too hard, the rivet does not spread in the sheet metal and the riveted joint is not sufficiently load-proof. Industrially manufactured rivet elements are in the state of delivery subject to large degrees of hardness fluctuations, which extend beyond this quality assurance tolerance range, so that it comes to the installation of rivet elements with the wrong hardness. The result is a defective joint connection, which is detected only later with the known riveting systems of the type mentioned, if any, and then has to be reworked or rejected as a committee.
Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, die Nieteinheit der eingangs genannten Art so auszubilden, dass die erwähnten fehlerhaften Fügeverbindungen auf baulich einfache, seriengerechte Weise vermieden und eine gleichbleibend hohe Nietqualität erzielt wird.The object of the invention is the riveting unit of the type mentioned in such a way that the mentioned faulty joint connections avoided in a structurally simple, series-fitting manner and a consistently high rivet quality is achieved.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch eine Nieteinheit mit den Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 1 gelöst.This object is achieved by a riveting unit with the features of claim 1.
In der erfindungsgemäßen Nieteinheit ist der Fügevorgang in der Weise mit einer Härteprüfung kombiniert, dass nur solche Stanzelemente verbaut werden, die vor Beginn des eigentlichen Fügevorgangs geprüft und als innerhalb des zulässigen Härtebereichs klassifiziert sind, während Stanzlemente mit falscher Härte aus der Nieteinheit ausgeschleust werden, so dass härtebedingt mangelhafte Verbindungen, die in aufwändiger Weise nachträglich bearbeitet oder als Ausschuss ausgemustert werden müssen, gar nicht erst entstehen können, mit der Besonderheit, dass sowohl die Härteprüfung als auch der Fügevorgang mit äußerst geringem Bau- und Zeitaufwand durch den Nietstempel selbst in einem einzigen Arbeitshub während unmittelbar aufeinanderfolgender Hubphasen durchgeführt werden.In the riveting unit according to the invention, the joining process is combined with a hardness test in such a way that only such punching elements are installed which are tested before the beginning of the actual joining operation and classified as within the permissible hardness range, while punching elements with the wrong hardness are removed from the riveting unit that hardness-related imperfect connections that must be subsequently processed in a complex manner or discarded as a committee, can not even arise, with the peculiarity that both the hardness test and the joining process with extremely low construction and time required by the riveting even in a single Working stroke are carried out during immediately consecutive Hubphasen.
Im Hinblick auf eine besonders genaue und baulich einfache Bestimmung der Nietmaterialhärte erfolgt die plastische Verformung des Stanzelements vorzugsweise durch einen zentralen, an der Strinfläche des Nietstempels angeformten und sich endseitig im Querschnitt verjüngenden, zweckmäßigerweise kugelsegment-, pyramiden- oder kegelförmigen Vorsprung.With regard to a particularly accurate and structurally simple determination of the rivet hardness, the plastic deformation of the punching element is preferably carried out by a central, integrally formed on the Strinfläche Nietstempels and the end side in cross-section tapering, expediently spherical segment, pyramidal or conical projection.
Als Stanzelemente können Stanzniete, insbesondere die zum Vernieten von Rohkarosserieblechen üblichen Halbhohlstanzniete, aber auch Vollstanzniete, Stanzbolzen oder Stanzmuttern zum Einsatz kommen.Punching rivets, in particular the semi-hollow punch rivets customary for riveting body panels, but also solid rivets, punching bolts or punched nuts can be used as punching elements.
Die Erfindung wird nunmehr anhand eines Ausführungsbeispiels in Verbindung mit den Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen in stark schematisierter Darstellung:
- Fig. 1
- einen Längsschnitt einer Stanznieteinheit nach der Erfindung in der Rückhublage des Nietstempels,
- Fig. 2a, b, c
- eine vergrößerte Teildarstellung der in
Fig. 1 gezeigten Stanznieteinheit unmittelbar vor Beginn (a) und nach Beendigung (b) der Härteprüfung soiwe nach Fertigstellung der Stanznietung (c); und - Fig. 3
- ein Diagramm zur Darstellung des Kraft-/Hubwegverlaufs.
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- a longitudinal section of a punch rivet unit according to the invention in the return position of the riveting punch,
- Fig. 2a, b, c
- an enlarged partial view of in
Fig. 1 shown punching riveting unit immediately before the start (a) and after completion (b) of the hardness test soiwe after completion of the punch riveting (c); and - Fig. 3
- a diagram illustrating the force / stroke path.
Die in den Fig. gezeigte Stanznieteinheit 1 dient im Zusammenwirken mit einer Nietmatrize 2 zum Vernieten von Stanznieten 3 an Blech- und insbesondere Rohkarosserieteilen 4, 5 und besitzt als Hauptbestandteile einen in einem Gehäuse 6 verschieblich geführten, durch gehäusefeste Anschlagbolzen 7 hubbegrenzten Blechhalter 8, welcher durch eine Druckfeder 9 in Ausfahrrichtung beaufschlagt ist, sowie einen in einen zentralen Nietkanal 10 des Blechhalters 8 eingreifenden Nietstempel 11, welcher die gehäuseseitige Abstützung der Druckfeder 9 übernimmt und durch diese in Anlage am Gehäuseboden gehalten wird.The punch rivet unit 1 shown in the figures is used in conjunction with a Nietmatrize 2 for riveting punch rivets 3 on sheet metal and in
In den Blechhalter 8 integriert ist ein seitlich in den Nietkanal 10 mündender Zufuhrkanal 12, über den die Stanzniete 3 taktweise luftstromgefördert in den Nietkanal 10 eingeschleust werden. Ferner ist im Blechhalter 8 ein insgesamt mit 13 bezeichneter Sperrmechanismus mit einem z. B. solenoidbetätigten Querschieber 14 angeordnet, welcher zwischen einer den Nietkanal 10 blockierenden Sperrlage (
Zu Beginn des Nietprozesses werden die Stanznieteinheit 1 und die Matrize 2 auseinandergefahren, so dass der Blechhalter 8 unter der Wirkung der Druckfeder 9 im Gehäuse 6 abgesenkt wird und in die untere, durch die Anschläge 7 begrenzte Hubposition gelangt, in der sich das untere Nietstempelende oberhalb des Zufuhrkanals 12 befindet, woraufhin ein einzelner Stanzniet 3 über den Zufuhrkanal 12 in den Nietkanal 10 eingeschleust und an dem in die Sperrlage vorgeschobenen Querschieber 14 in Ausschubrichtung verschiebefest arretiert wird. Sobald diese Nietposition erreicht ist, wird der Hubantrieb H aktiviert, derart, dass das Gehäuse 6 in Richtung der Nietmatrize 2 verfahren und zunächst die Blechteile 4, 5 vom Blechhalter 8 an die Nietmatrize 2 angedrückt werden.At the beginning of the riveting process, the punch rivet unit 1 and the
Bei der weiteren Hubbewegung wird der Nietstempel 11 mehr und mehr in den Nietkanal 10 eingeschoben und ein kugelsegment- oder kegelstumpfförmiger Vorsprung 15 an der Stirnfläche des Nietstempels 11 auf die aus den
Liegt hingegen die Materialhärte des Stanzniets 3 außerhalb des zugelassenen Toleranzbereichs, so unterbleibt die zweite Hubphase und der Hubantrieb H wird unmittelbar nach der Härteprüfung umgesteuert, so dass der Stanzniet 3 vorbei an dem zurückgezogenen Querschieber 14 aus dem Auslassende des Nietkanals 10 frei herausfällt und dann z. B. durch einen über ein Sperrventil 20 von der Steuerstufe 19 freigeschalteten Druckluftstrahl als Ausschuss ausgesondert wird.If, on the other hand, the material hardness of the
Mit der erfindungsgemäßen Stanznieteinheit 1 können anstelle von Stanznieten 3 selbstverständlich auch andere Stanzelemente, wie Stanzbolzen oder Stanzmuttern, bezüglich des Härtegrades geprüft und dann vernietet werden.With the punch riveting unit 1 according to the invention, it is of course also possible to test other punching elements, such as punched or punched nuts, with respect to the degree of hardness and then to rivet them instead of punched
Ebenso ist es in bestimmten Anwendungsfällen auch möglich, auf den Sperrmechanismus 13 zu verzichten und stattdessen das Stanzelement 3 bei der Härteprüfung unmittelbar auf dem Blechteil 4 abzustützen. Bei einem fehlerhaften Härtegrad wird dann der Nietprozess wiederum auf dem Wege über die Steuerstufe 19 abgebrochen und das Nietelement 3 unter Druckluftwirkung oder auch manuell als Ausschuss ausgesondert.Likewise, it is also possible in certain applications to dispense with the
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- A punching and riveting unit (1) for riveting sheet-metal parts (14, 5) of components, especially car-body shells, comprising a snap die (11) driven in reciprocation in a riveting duct (10), a supply mechanism (12) opening into the duct in order intermittently to supply the elements (3) for punching, and a sensor arrangement (17, 18) which measures the compressive force exerted on the punching element and the distance travelled during the stroke of the snap die, characterised in that before riveting, the punching element (3) is non-displaceably locked in the duct (10) and is subjected to force by the snap die (11) so that a part-region of the punching element facing the snap die and increasing in size during the stroke of the snap die is plastically deformed, and when the punching element (3) is in the locked position the force to stroke length ratio (N/s) is determined by the sensor device (17, 18) in synchronism with the plastic deformation and the sensor device rejects the punching element (3) when a set tolerance range of the measured force to stroke length ratio is exceeded and enables it for the joining process when the tolerance range is not exceeded, the sensor arrangement (17, 18) being disposed in front of the control mechanism (19, 20).
- A riveting and punching unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the snap die (11), at its end face co-operating with the punching element (3), has a projection (15) which ends in a tapering cross-section and during plastic deformation is increasingly pressed into the material for riveting when the punching element is in the locked position.
- A punching and riveting unit according to claim 2, characterised in that the projection (15) is in the shape of a spherical segment or pyramid or cone.
- A punching and riveting unit according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the riveting element (3) is a semi-tubular punching rivet.
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