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Title: Method and device for the automatic introduction of studs into the electrode of a welding machine
Abstract:
The apparatus for the automatic introduction of the members to the electrode of a resistance welding machine comprises an arm mounted on the machine frame so as to pivot about a horizontal pin located at the intersection of the horizontal hollow electrode axis and the vertical of the end of the slide for supplying the members to be welded, at least one jack for controlling the rotation of said arm, a finger mounted at the end of the arm so as to slide radially and coupled to at least one control jack integral with the arm, and a gripper mounted at the end of said finger and having two jaws which move under the action of at least one jack. A particular application of the invention is to the fitting of studs to heat exchanger tubes.
Other info: Inventors: Pignal, Edmond L. (Sciez, FR) Application Number: 729410 Filing Date: 1976-10-04 Publication_date: 1979-03-20 Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Societe des Fabrications Biraghi-Entrepose (Paris, FR) Primary Class(es): 219/98 219/99, 414/741 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: Automatic Stud Welding at the Works of Leyland Motors in Machinery, 3/65, pp. 590 & 591. | |