A temporary placement device comprises a carrying member having a carrying surface on which a workpiece is placed and a drive device driving the carrying member. The carrying member is formed to be deformable. The drive device includes a connecting member connected to a center part of the carrying member and moving in an up-down direction. The drive device moves the connecting member between a top end position where the carrying surface of the carrying member becomes flat and a bottom end position where the carrying surface becomes recessed downward.

A fastener delivery system includes an escapement mechanism configured to control dispensing of associated fasteners located in a column one associated fastener at a time and a rotate and present apparatus operable with the escapement mechanism. The apparatus is configured to rotate between a fastener receiving position and a fastener loading position. In the fastener receiving position the apparatus is adapted to receive each associated fastener released from the escapement mechanism, and in the fastener loading position the apparatus is configured to present each associated fastener to an associated fastener installation device. The escapement mechanism is adjustable in a height direction relative to the apparatus.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device for installing a retaining ring on a shaft which can reduce the labor intensity of workers. The device for installing a retaining ring on a shaft comprises an expansion assembly. The expansion assembly includes a shell. A push block is movably fixed in the shell. Two expansion members that are symmetrical left and right are arranged in front of the push block. The expansion members include expansion portions that are located outside the shell and extend outward. Rear ends of the expansion portions are expansion portion first sections. The expansion members comprise a left expansion member on the left side and a right expansion member on the right side. The left end face of the expansion portion first section of the left expansion member is a slope extending leftward from rear to front. The push plate moves in a front-rear direction so that the expansion portions of the two expansion members move left and right, respectively. A loading rod is fixed on the lower side of the shell. A front edge of a front portion of the loading rod extends outward in a circumferential direction to form a limiting bump. A compression spring is sheathed on a rear portion of the loading rod. A front end face of the loading rod is recessed inward to form an evading groove.

The invention relates to an end effector for a riveting device (1), wherein the end effector (2) comprises a riveting module (3) for placing a rivet element (4) in a structural part (5), a rivet dispenser (6) for dispensing rivet elements (4) from a rivet magazine (7) and a handling device (8) for delivering a rivet element (4) from the rivet dispenser (6) to the riveting module (3), wherein the handling device (8) comprises an adjustment kinematics (9) and a gripper (10) arranged thereon for grabbing the rivet element (4). It is proposed that the adjustment kinematics has at least two adjustment axes (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7) for positioning the gripper (10).

A method and device for processing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger processing device comprises: a first assembly for placing a flat tube group, wherein the first assembly comprises a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is used for limiting the flat tube group in the first direction; and a second assembly, wherein a height direction of the first assembly is defined as a second direction, at least part of the second assembly is located above the first assembly in the second direction, and the second assembly comprises a clamping member, the clamping member for clamping a fin group; and a press-fitting member connected to the clamping member, and the press-fitting member being movable in the second direction so as to press-fit the fin group onto the flat tube group in the second direction.

The invention relates to a separation unit for a feed apparatus for joining elements, in particular screws, in particular flow-drilling screws, comprising a joining element receiver for receiving a joining element having a head and a shaft, a slider displaceable relative to the joining element receiver, and a rotational element about which the joining element received in the joining element receiver is rotatable on a displacement of the slider.

A method of mounting a substrate support in a chamber includes placing an auxiliary transfer tool having a first portion and a second portion in a chamber which provides a processing space and an additional space, and which has an opening for communication between the additional space and the outside, the first portion in an expanded state being positioned in the processing space and the second portion being positioned in the additional space, inserting a substrate support having a contact portion for supporting the substrate, a rod portion, and a threaded portion connecting to the rod portion, the rod portion being slid on a side surface of the second portion, shrinking the first portion so that the rod portion is moved downward in the additional space and the threaded portion projects out of the chamber through the opening.

Lockbolt collar feed mechanisms, lockbolt installation tools, and methods of installing lockbolt assemblies are disclosed. Lockbolt collar feed mechanisms comprise a collar cartridge and a mounting bracket operatively coupled to the collar cartridge and configured to be operatively coupled to a lockbolt installation tool. The collar cartridge has a delivery position, in which an exit port is positioned to position a lockbolt collar forward of the lockbolt installation tool's anvil, and a retracted position, in which the collar cartridge is pivoted and translated rearward relative to the delivery position. The collar cartridge is biased toward the delivery position and moves from the delivery position to the retracted position responsive to a user urging the lockbolt installation tool and the lockbolt collar feed mechanism toward and into engagement with a workpiece.

A supply device for a joining element which has a shaft, extending along a joining element axis with a first diameter, and an adjacent head with a second diameter which is greater than the first diameter. The supply device comprising a base enclosing a first joining element channel, a second joining element channel and a third joining element channel, which are at least partially arranged in a common channel plane, and which each have a cross-section which is adapted to the shape of the joining element. And the first and the second joining element channels are orientated relative to each other at a switching angle which is in a range from 5 to 45, while the first and the second joining element channels merge into the third joining element channel at a junction with a switching arrangement.

A split bushing alignment assembly comprising an air tube and a mount having one or more vents leading to a bushing receiver disposed as a hole sized and shaped to receive a split bushing. A stream of air from an air supply, typically compressed air, enters the tube and exits the vent into the bushing receiver. When a split bushing having a gap falls into the bushing receiver, the stream of air rotates the split bushing if the gap is in a same location as the stream of air from the vent. The gap of the split bushing is thus rotated by the stream of air such that when the split bushing is installed, the gap is not located in a known inspection area of a bushing inspection machine. A method of use is also provided.