Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool, the method including selecting a hole located at a part; aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole; placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole; and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole.

A fastening tool includes a housing, a fastener-abutment part, a pin-gripping part held within the fastener-abutment part to be movable in a front-rear direction relative to the fastener-abutment part, a detection-target part provided to move together with the pin-gripping part, a detection device configured to detect the detection-target part, a motor, and a driving mechanism configured to move the pin-gripping part rearward from an initial position relative to the fastener-abutment part. The driving mechanism is further configured to move the pin-gripping part forward relative to the fastener-abutment part so as to return the pin-gripping part to the initial position based on a detection result of the detection device. The fastening tool is configured such that a first moving distance is adjustable, the first moving distance being a distance by which the pin-gripping part is moved from a detection position to the initial position.

A data display method of a test instrument for a rivet nut setting tool is disclosed. When the rivet nut setting tool is operated, a value of a pull force detected by the pull-force detector is transmitted to the first display area through a circuit module, and a first display area displays variation of the value of the detected pull force in waveform, and the first display area also displays an upper-limit waveform value, a waveform data unit, a current value and a historical maximum value; when the rivet nut setting tool is operated continuously, the first display area displays a continuous waveform, and the second display area displays historical data and average values of maximum pull force values.

Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool, the method including selecting a hole located at a part; aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole; placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole; and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole.

A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.

A riveting method that includes riveting a first aircraft part to a second aircraft part. The method includes capturing a plenoptic image of the rivet and at least one of the first part and the second part in the vicinity of the rivet, by a plenoptic imaging device secured to a riveting head, after riveting the first part to the second part. The method includes detecting the positioning and the surface condition of the rivet, from the plenoptic image captured by the imaging device.

A method is disclosed for inserting a nail into at least one component part, the nail having a nail head, a nail shank and a nail tip. The method includes (i) arranging the at least one component part, (ii) positioning the nail, and (iii) driving-in the nail. A force is applied to the nail in the direction of the component part, such that it is pressed into the at least one component part. In addition to the application of force, vibrations are coupled into the nail, and a multipart nail is used.

An intelligent riveting system comprising a hydraulic riveting tool (1), a riveting position identification system, a riveting displacement detection system, a riveting pressure detection system and a central processing system, wherein the central processing system acquires image information and carries out position identification, encoding and storage to form riveting position data in one-to-one correspondence, acquires real-time displacement data and riveting oil pressure data of each riveting position to form real-time data corresponding to riveting displacement values and riveting pressure values, and compares same with a standard to carry out quality determination. By means of the intelligent riveting system, a riveting position and an installation parameter are automatically identified and acquired, and the riveting quality is automatically determined; and by means of storing data during riveting and installation, the traceability of rivet installation quality can be achieved.

A fastening tool configured to fasten a workpiece via a multi-piece swage type fastener including a pin and a collar includes an anvil, a pin-gripping part, a driving mechanism, an electric motor, a control part and a housing. The driving mechanism is configured to move the pin-gripping part relative to the anvil in a first direction along an axis so as to cause the anvil to press the collar engaged with a shaft part of the pin in a second direction and in a radially inward direction. An operation mode of the driving mechanism can be selectively switched between a plurality of operation modes including a first mode, in which a process of fastening the workpiece is completed based on a state of the fastener, and a second mode, in which the process of fastening the workpiece is completed based on a driving state of the motor.

A fastening tool using a fastener of a type which is configured such that swaging is completed while an end region of a shaft part of a bolt remains integrated with the shaft part, and more particularly, a technique that may help provide a compact device structure while facilitating output management required for swaging, in the fastening tool. The fastening tool is configured to fasten a workpiece with a bolt and a collar without breaking a shaft part of the bolt, and a control part performs swaging operation while controlling the driving current of a motor to become a specified target current value and completes the swaging operation based on rotation speed of the motor.