Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – With testing or indicating
Patent
1995-02-07
1998-03-17
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
With testing or indicating
29702, 29715, B23Q 1700
Patent
active
057273006
ABSTRACT:
An automatic fastener installation machine feeds fasteners to a fastener inserter and senses the orientation and size of the fastener in the fastener inserter prior to inserting the fastener into a fastener hole in a work piece to determine whether the proper sized fastener is properly oriented in the fastener inserter. A support structure holds the work piece in position under the fastener inserter and the machine moves to the next fastener insert position while a fastener feeder delivers a fastener to a fastener holder. A vision system creates an image of the fastener in the fastener holder and compares predetermined points in the image with corresponding predetermined points that would be produced by the vision system of an image of a properly sized and oriented fastener in the holder, and produces a signal for the automatic fastener installation machine to proceed with its cycle when it determines that a fastener of the correct size is positioned correctly in the holder.
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Ekdahl Michael S.
Hanks John Thomas
Hiller Kirk Brenden
LaChapelle Joseph G.
Thomas Kirk Vaughn
Bryant David P.
Neary Michael J.
Nelson Lawrence W.
The Boeing Company
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