WO2005002920A2 - Framing station having self piercing rivets - Google Patents
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- WO2005002920A2 WO2005002920A2 PCT/US2004/021427 US2004021427W WO2005002920A2 WO 2005002920 A2 WO2005002920 A2 WO 2005002920A2 US 2004021427 W US2004021427 W US 2004021427W WO 2005002920 A2 WO2005002920 A2 WO 2005002920A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D65/00—Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
- B62D65/02—Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components
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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
- B21J15/00—Riveting
- 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
- B21J15/00—Riveting
- B21J15/10—Riveting machines
- B21J15/14—Riveting machines specially adapted for riveting specific articles, e.g. brake lining machines
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
- B23P2700/00—Indexing scheme relating to the articles being treated, e.g. manufactured, repaired, assembled, connected or other operations covered in the subgroups
- B23P2700/50—Other automobile vehicle parts, i.e. manufactured in assembly lines
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
- Y10T29/49828—Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled portion of work
- Y10T29/49829—Advancing work to successive stations [i.e., assembly line]
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/00—Metal working
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- Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
- Y10T29/49833—Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part
- Y10T29/49835—Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part with shaping
- Y10T29/49837—Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part with shaping of first part
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
- Y10T29/49895—Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"]
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
- Y10T29/53313—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
- Y10T29/53365—Multiple station assembly apparatus
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/53383—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention and means to fasten work parts together
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
- Y10T29/534—Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
- Y10T29/53417—Means to fasten work parts together
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- the present invention relates to an automotive framing workstation on an assembly line for framing an automotive body having a plurality of panels with respect to one another using self piercing rivets.
- BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003]
- Self piercing rivets and associated tools for fastening two or more pieces of material with respect to one another are generally known. See U.S. Patent No. 5,752,305: U.S. Patent No. 5,779,127; U.S. Patent No. 5,813,114; U.S. Patent No. 5,884,386; U.S. Patent No. 6,089,437; and U.S. Patent No.
- Figure 1 is a simplified schematic view of an automotive assembly line according to the present invention having four workstations;
- Figure 2 is a simplified schematic end elevational view of one of the workstations
- Figure 3 is a simplified schematic view of an automotive body assembled with self piercing rivets according to the present invention.
- an automotive assembly line can include an underbody delivery system.
- the automotive assembly line 10 passes through four schematically illustrated workstations 12, 14, 16, 18.
- each of the four workstations can be configured for a different automotive body style enabling four different body styles to be handled by the automotive assembly line 10.
- a single body style can pass through one or more of the workstations for receiving different assembly processing at the sequential workstations.
- the underbody 20 of the motor vehicle can be delivered to the appropriate workstation 12, 14, 16, or 18, by any appropriate transport system, such as by a pallet delivery system, or overhead delivery system.
- Right and left side body assemblies 22, 24 can be delivered to the workstation by any appropriate delivery system, such as an overhead conveyor system to be positioned with respect to the underbody 20.
- the body side panels 22, 24 can either be handled by robotic manipulators for accurate positioning with respect to the underbody 20, or can be clamped to geometry fixtures 26, 28 for movement and positioning relative to the underbody 20 at the workstation.
- the transversely movable frame members 26, 28 can support either or both of the side body panels 22, 24, and/or can support one or more self piercing rivet tools for engagement with the side body panels 22, 24.
- the side body panels 22, 24 can be manually loaded into a geometry fixture associated with the movable frame members 26, 28 and/or can be loaded with automated equipment, by way of example and not limitation, by robots having side panel manipulators for holding the side panel for loading into the geometry fixture associated with the movable frame members 22, 24.
- a robot can position at least one upper body member with respect to the underbody, or at least one upper body member can be loaded into a geometry fixture associate with the movable frame members 22, 24, and/or a second upper body member, by way of example and not limitation, such as a roof header can be held in position by a robot during fastening with self-piercing rivets, or any combination of the two.
- self riveting tooling is appreciable smaller than welding guns, additional tooling can be located on each frame to increase the total number of attachment points per workstation and to reduce cycle time since additional time for movement of the robotically manipulated weld gun from point to point is no longer required at the self piercing rivet assembly workstation. Even if a robotically manipulated self piercing rivet tool is required, the total number of attachment points to be serviced by the robotically manipulated self piercing riveting tool is dramatically reduced in order to decrease cycle time at the workstation.
- FIG. 3 a simplified schematic side elevational view of a side body panel is illustrated.
- the side body panel 24 is a mirror image of the side panel body 22 at various locations for self piercing rivet assembly are shown with marks labeled 30. It is believed that 10 to 15 self piercing rivet connections can be made between the corresponding side panel 22, 24 and the underbody 20 at each workstation. A substantial portion of the self piercing riveting connections can be made simultaneously from tooling connected to the movable frames 26, 28.
- the underbody, side panels, and/or roof assembly can be toy tabbed together prior to entering the framing workstation.
- the toy tab configuration can be accomplished either manually or robotically.
- the side panel members can be robotically loaded directly into the workstation gate equipped with self piercing riveting tools to assembly the side panels to the underbody and to assemble the roof to the side panels.
- the robots are used for material handling only in order to simplify the workstation configuration.
- an automotive assembly line according to the present invention can operate 200 jobs per hour with 10 to 15 self piercing rivet guns per workstation frame.
- Each self piercing rivet tool can be supplied with a strip of self piercing rivets having 5000 to 6000 fasteners.
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- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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- Automobile Manufacture Line, Endless Track Vehicle, Trailer (AREA)
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