Stick Fastener Feed System for Large Variety and Small Quantity

Document Number: 2008-01-2320

Date Published: September 2008

Author(s):
Carter Boad - Electroimpact Inc

Abstract:
Electroimpact has developed a new Fastener Feed System which provides an automated solution for fasteners previously hand fed via drop tubes. The hardware is simple, compact, and is supplied by a fraction of the cost of hoppers or cartridges. It can be used as a primary feed system or it can be used as an auxiliary feed system when combined with feed systems designed for high quantities of fasteners. We have installed this system on the A380 Stage 0 LVER lower panel wing machines and feed 5 diameters, 10 grips each, for a total of 50 different fastener types. This system moves 547 total fasteners per ship set from manual feed to automatic feed, saving considerable build time.

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Product Status: In Stock

See other papers presented at Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition, September 2008, North Charleston, SC, USA, Session: Automated Fastening Technologies (Part 2 of 2)

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