BEFESTIGERHERSTELLUNGSANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN

摘要

The present invention is an assembly and method for continuously manufacturing fasteners. A die press (20) actuated at a first speed receives the contoured wire (16) into a die having a piercing element for piercing an aperture and a cutting element for cutting a fastener from the wire. A guide (36) receives the fasteners from the die press and a drive unit (42) engages the fasteners oriented by the guide (36) and conveys the fastener to an elevated height relative to a tapping device (38). The guide redirects the fasteners by a first router (46). The fasteners are gravity fed into the first router (46) and redirected to one of the tapping devices (38). Each tapping device (38) has a tapping element for forming internal ribs in the aperture of the fastener. The tapping devices (38) each actuates at a second speed that in aggregate is generally equal to the first speed of the die press (20).