Device and method for producing a component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11213879-B2
Application number	US-201916381679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2019
Priority date	Jan 16, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A device and method for producing a component are provided. The device or method includes steps or units for providing a first component element having a recess in or on a first surface of the first component element, and for positioning a second component element in the region of the recess. The device or method also includes a step or unit for pressing the first component element and the second component element together, and as a result forming a material fit, positive fit and/or non-positive fit between the first and the second component elements at least in the region of the recess. The positioning and the pressing can be carried out or are carried out functionally, in particular, spatially and/or temporally, in terms of equipment, separately from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a component, the method comprising the acts of:
providing a first component element with at least one recess in or on at least a first surface of the first component element;
positioning a second component element in a region of the recess; and
pressing the first component element and the second component element with each other and as a result forming a firmly bonded, positive-locking and/or non-positive connecting between the first and second component elements at least in the region of the recess, wherein
the positioning and the pressing are carried out separately from each other in terms of space and/or time functionally;
a plurality of recesses are formed on or in the first surface of the first component element;
a multiplicity of second component elements are positioned in respective recesses of the plurality of recesses and pressed with a pressing tool and/or a C-bracket apparatus; and
the positioning and pressing of the multiplicity of second component elements in the respective recesses of the plurality of recesses and the forming of one or more remaining recesses of the plurality of recesses are carried out simultaneously.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the recess is in a form of a through-hole.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the positioning and the pressing are carried out separately from each other in terms of equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a positioning tool is used for positioning,
a pressing tool and/or a C-bracket apparatus are used for pressing, and
the positioning tool and the pressing tool or parts thereof are formed and/or are used spatially and/or functionally separately from one another.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein
a press with a tool lower part as a support for the first component element and with a tool upper part which can be removed from the tool lower part is used as the pressing tool,
a positioning point and a pressing point of the first component element are located in the region of the tool lower part, and
at least a part of the positioning tool is moved to the positioning point after the tool upper part is removed from both the tool lower part and the positioning point, and/or
the part of the positioning tool is removed from the region of the tool lower part before the tool upper part moves to the tool lower part.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the positioning tool is driven by the pressing tool.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the positioning is carried out at a positioning point of the first component element and the pressing is carried out at a pressing point of the first component element, and
the positioning point and the pressing point of the first component element are spatially separated from one another and/or are called at or occupied by any tools used or parts thereof in a chronologically separate manner.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
a press with a tool lower part as a support for the first component element and with a tool upper part which can be removed from the tool lower part is used as the pressing tool,
the positioning point and the pressing point of the first component element are located in the region of the tool lower part, and
at least a part of the positioning tool is moved to the positioning point after the tool upper part is removed from both the tool lower part and the positioning point, and/or
the part of the positioning tool is removed from the region of the tool lower part before the tool upper part moves to the tool lower part.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one recess of the first component element includes a plurality of recesses, and as a positioning tool or a part thereof,
an intermediate rack adapted to one or more positions of the plurality of recesses of the first component element is used for one or more second component elements, which intermediate rack is positionable in a correspondingly oriented manner, and
a robot arm apparatus which is positionable in a controllable manner at one or more positions of the plurality of recesses of the first component element is used.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein
the intermediate rack is positionable in the correspondingly oriented manner via a movement apparatus in relation to the plurality of recesses of the first component element, and
the robot arm apparatus is used in conjunction with the intermediate rack for one or more second component elements.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein
the positioning of the second component element is carried out by employing:
a separating apparatus;
a magazine; and/or
a procedure and/or a device for generating and/or processing of second component elements.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein
the positioning of a positioning tool of the second component element is carried out by employing:
the separating apparatus in the form of a bulk material separator, conveyor pot or vibrating pot, in combination with a baffle, a multiple distributing guide and a receiver with an intermediate rack;
the magazine in the form of a drum or revolver magazine, a cartridge magazine, and/or a corresponding magazine store; and/or
the procedure and/or the device for generating and/or processing of the second component elements by labeling, coating, or profiling from a rod material.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a device with a C-bracket arrangement is used for the positioning of the second component element and the pressing of the first component element and/or the second component element.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the positioning of the second component element is carried out by way of a drive for pressing.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the act of providing the first component element comprises forming the recess at least in or on the first surface.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the second component element comprises one or more resistance elements;
the first component element is a sheet; and
the second component element is pressed on or in to the first component element for a subsequent formation of weld points.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the one or more resistance elements are in the form of slugs.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Glueck Bernhard
• Kirschner Robert

Classifications

• B23P17/00

  Metal-working operations, not covered by a single other subclass or another group in this subclass · CPC title

• Y10T29/49945

  by driven force fit · CPC title

• B23P11/00

  Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for  (connecting sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles B21D39/00; riveting B21J; soldering, unsoldering, welding B23K; hand tools for connecting wire or strip B25B25/00; connecting metal parts by adhesives F16B11/00) · CPC title

• B21K25/00

  Uniting components to form integral members, e.g. turbine wheels and shafts, caulks with inserts, with or without shaping of the components (uniting by interference- or press-fitting B23P11/02, B21K19/02) · CPC title

• B21J15/02

  Riveting procedures · CPC title