A riveting apparatus for application and riveting a rivet to a component of an article being processed in a work region of the riveting apparatus is provided. The riveting apparatus includes a rivet insertion device for insertion of the rivet into the component and a riveting device for the riveting of the rivet.

A system and method for forming a foundation truss for a box spring or mattress foundation frame includes a first truss rail assembly station having a series of block feeders, a top rail hopper and a filler strip hopper that received stacks of truss components such as blocks, top rails and filler strips and feed such truss components into stacked registration. The stacked truss components are moved into engagement with a series of staplers that secure the filler strips, top rails and blocks together to form first truss rail portions, which are then fed to a second truss rail assembly station where a bottom rail is automatically applied thereto.

A fixture for automatically replacing a defective/burnback contact tip coupled to a torch arm of a robotic welder wherein the robotic welder is configured to feed a welding wire to the contact tip. The robotic welder includes a nozzle coupled to the torch arm which is disposed at the contact tip. The fixture includes a first station configured to remove the nozzle from the torch arm and to hold the nozzle for reattachment to the torch arm. A second station is configured to remove the contact tip from the torch arm. A third station includes a plurality of holding units each being configured to hold an unused contact tip, wherein the third station is configured to move one of the plurality of holding units to a predetermined location to locate the unused contact tip for attachment to the torch arm.

A robot system has at least one robot that performs predetermined work on at least first and second work portions among a plurality of work portions, and a plurality of locators each having a locate pin movable in three axial directions orthogonal to one another, and that position the workpiece with the locate pins being inserted into the holes at a first position where the robot performs work on the first work portion, and a control device that controls operation of the plurality of locators, in which after the work of the robot on the first work portion is completed, the control device controls the plurality of locators while keeping a state that the locate pins are inserted into the holes, so as to change a position of the workpiece from the first position to a second position where the robot performs work on the second work portion.

A system for manufacturing a part is provided. The system includes a gantry, a first mobile arm and a second mobile arm, at least one conveyor and at least one sensor. The gantry has a first member and a second member disposed opposite the first member so as to define an opening. The first and the second mobile arms are disposed on the first and the second members, respectively. The at least one conveyor is operative to move the part through the opening so as to position the part within access of the first and the second mobile arms. The at least one sensor is operative to guide the first and the second mobile arms to one or more areas of the part. The first and the second mobile arms are operative to perform a manufacturing process on the part at the one or more areas.

An assembly station includes at least one build platform table configured to move about three orthogonal axes, at least one part placement robot configured to position and hold components on and above the at least one build platform table, and at least one fused filament fabrication robot with a printer head configured to fused filament weld at least two components together. The at least one build platform table is configured to rotate during assembly of a plurality of components such that the fused filament is extruded vertically from the printer head during fused filament welding of the at least two components together. Also the at least one part placement robot is configured to position and hold a first component a predetermined distance from a second component during fused filament welding of the first component to the second component.

A system for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly is provided. The system includes an installation table, a first transfer robot, a second transfer robot, and an adhesive dispensing robot. The first transfer robot is configured to assemble some of the plurality of components into a first sub-assembly and transfer the first sub-assembly to the installation table. The second transfer robot is configured to assemble remaining ones of the plurality of components into a second sub-assembly, transfer the second sub-assembly to the installation table, and attach the second sub-assembly to the first sub-assembly. The adhesive dispensing robot is configured to apply an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, after the second sub-assembly is attached to the first sub-assembly, to bond the second sub-assembly to the first sub-assembly.

An assembling system of a belt buckle is provided, which belongs to a field of belt buckle manufacturing. The assembling system of the belt buckle includes a main conveyor belt and a positioner mounted on the main conveyor belt, and the positioner is provided with a groove which can be matched with a lower cover of the belt buckle. The assembling system further includes a lower cover loading device, an upper cover loading and pressing device, a key loading plug-in device and a buckle loading plug-in device sequentially arranged along a conveying direction of the main conveyor belt. It provides high assembly efficiency.

An apparatus for assembling structures is provided. The apparatus includes an assembly robot and a mobile unit coupled to or integrated with the assembly robot. A controller coupled to the assembly robot and the mobile unit can selectively operate the assembly robot and the mobile unit based at least in part on an assembly being produced, such that the controller selectively operates the mobile unit when at least one of the assembly being produced and a sequence of assembly of is altered.

A vehicle body assembling system forms a pre-buck section and a main buck section set along a transfer path of a floor assembly. A main buck unit is set at opposite sides of the transfer path in the main buck section, controls an upper portion of a side assembly in a state that a lower portion of each side assembly is pre-assembled to the floor assembly the pre-buck section, and assembles the upper portion of the side assembly and vehicle body parts using a second welding robot.