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Riveting device and riveting method

US9375781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Robert Alexander Goehlich · Hamburg, DE
Holger Frauen · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2014
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53522
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A riveting device for the riveting of components in an overlap joint, with an upper tool for driving a rivet into a rivet hole passing through the components, and with a lower tool as a dolly, which has a deforming section for purposes of plastically deforming the end of a rivet shaft driven through the rivet hole, wherein the riveting device has a magazine with a feed device for purposes of feeding a rivet into a shot passage of the upper tool, an actuator for purposes of accelerating the rivet introduced into the shot passage of the upper tool in the direction of the components, and an adjustment system for purposes of aligning the shot channel with the rivet hole. Also disclosed is a method for the riveting of components in an overlap joint.

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