Method for checking a rivet

US11338355B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Broetje-Automation GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Ficken · Rastede, DE
• Bernd Wolf · Niederkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2015
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30164
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for checking a rivet, the rivet being transported from a rivet filling station along a transporting path in the direction of a riveting machine during operation of the riveting machine. The method is characterized in that the rivet is measured on the transporting path for determining a rivet geometry of the rivet. The disclosure similarly relates to a corresponding measuring arrangement for checking a rivet.