AUTOMATED DRILL AND RIVET MACHINE

摘要

An automated drill and rivet machine for riveting a work piece, is moveable with respect to the work piece, and includes sensors for locating sequential rivet sites along the work piece. A control system directs the movement and operation of the machine for drilling and mashing. A method for automatically fastening components includes indexing an automated drill and rivet machine at a first work site, and placing the machine in a first mode in which the machine repeatedly performs steps of drilling, storing the work site location, sensing a next work site, and moving the machine to the next work site. The operator then inserts a fastener at the previous drilling work sites and places the machine in a second mode, in which the machine repeatedly performs steps of returning to a previous work site and mashing the rivets at the previous work site.