Automatic fastening machine with statistical process control
US5615474A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/5377
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system control for directing and monitoring the operation of an automatic fastening machine, such as automatic drilling and riveting machine, by gathering, recording, and processing relevant data from each drilling and riveting cycle. The cycle data then becomes part of a master record that is useful for logging maintenance schedules, for establishing real-time cycle trends and for historical purposes. Real-time cycle trends are particularly beneficial to effect corrections in subsequent cycles.
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