Roller hemming system for panel of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9003646-B2
Application number	US-201213491975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2012
Priority date	Oct 13, 2011
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is a roller hemming system for panels of a vehicle that may include: a marriage jig adapted to load thereon a part having an outer panel and an inner panel joined together; a clamping pad releasably mounted at a front end of an arm of a first handling robot, and adapted to clamp the part loaded on the marriage jig by a plurality of clamping means; a plurality of transfer rails adapted to intersect with each other at a center; a plurality of hemming dies, each being disposed on a predetermined transfer rail, being adapted to reciprocate on the transfer rail between the center and an initial position, and being adapted to receive thereon the part clamped by the clamping pad; and a plurality of hemming robots being disposed corresponding to each hemming die and provided with a hemming roller unit adapted to hem an edge of the part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A roller hemming system for panels of a vehicle, comprising:
a marriage jig adapted to load thereon a part having an outer panel and an inner panel joined together;
a clamping pad releasably mounted at a front end of an arm of a first handling robot, and adapted to clamp the part loaded on the marriage jig by a plurality of clamping means;
a plurality of transfer rails adapted to intersect with each other at a center, the plurality of transfer rails corresponding to various parts of various vehicle models having different specifications;
a plurality of hemming dies, each hemming die being disposed on a predetermined transfer rail, being adapted to reciprocate on the transfer rail between the center and an initial position, and being adapted to receive thereon the part clamped by the clamping pad; and
a plurality of hemming robots, each hemming robot being disposed so as to correspond to each hemming die, and being provided with a hemming roller unit adapted to hem an edge of the part.

2. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , further comprising a loading jig adapted to load the part thereon by a second handling robot after the part has been hemmed by the hemming roller unit of the hemming robot.

3. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of loading dies, each loading die being adapted to load thereon the clamping pad.

4. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , further comprising an exchanging unit for exchanging the plurality of hemming dies.

5. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , wherein each of the hemming dies comprise:
a base member movably mounted on the transfer rail; and
a die main body mounted on the base member.

6. The roller hemming system of claim 5 , wherein, when the part is a tail gate, a pair of first pin clampers for clamping the clamping pad is mounted at the die main body.

7. The roller hemming system of claim 5 , wherein, when the part is a hood, a pair of second pin clampers for clamping the clamping pad is mounted on the base member.

8. The roller hemming system of claim 7 , further comprising a pressing unit adapted to press the part down when an edge of the hood is hemmed.

9. The roller hemming system of claim 8 , wherein the pressing unit comprises:
a post mounted erectly and extending toward the center of the transfer rail;
an operating cylinder mounted downward at an end of the post toward the center of the transfer rail and provided with an operating rod movably mounted at the operating cylinder; and
a pressing pad mounted at the operating rod of the operating cylinder and adapted to press the part down.

10. The roller hemming system of claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of auxiliary clamping means mounted on the base member and adapted to clamp the part loaded on the die main body temporarily and to position the part upright.

11. The roller hemming system of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of hemming punches mounted on the base member and adapted to hem a corner portion of the part.

12. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of suction units mounted at the clamping pad and the hemming die and adapted to apply suction to the part by using vacuum pressure.

13. The roller hemming system of claim 1 , wherein the hemming roller unit comprises:
a preceding roller adapted to pre-hem the edge of the part; and
a following roller mounted corresponding to the preceding roller so as to be movable upward and/or downward and adapted to finally hem the edge of the part.

Assignees

• Kim Ki Soon
• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Ki Soon

Classifications

• B23P21/004

  the units passing two or more work-stations whilst being composed · CPC title

• B25B11/02

  Assembly jigs · CPC title

• B21D19/04 Primary

  shaped as rollers · CPC title

• B21D39/021

  for panels, e.g. vehicle doors · CPC title

• B23P2700/50

  Other automobile vehicle parts, i.e. manufactured in assembly lines · CPC title