AUTOMATIC ALIGNING PRESSING APPARATUS

摘要

PURPOSE: A small-sized aligning pressing apparatus with low air consumption by which an aligning member is provided to be automatically aligned by floating an aligning member and to lock the aligning member in an aligned position by mechanical means. CONSTITUTION: An automatic aligning pressing apparatus comprises: an apparatus main body to be mounted to an automatic device; an air bearing mounted to the apparatus main body and including a bearing surface in a shape of a partial recessed spherical surface at a tip end of the air bearing; an aligning member which includes a borne surface in a shape of a partial projecting spherical surface having the same curvature as the bearing surface of the air bearing and a head mounting face to be mounted with a pressing head for a workpiece and which is supported by the air bearing with the borne surface fitted with the bearing surface; an air supply flow path for supplying compressed air; a lock mechanism for pressing and locking the aligning member against and to the bearing surface of the air bearing; and a cylinder driving portion for driving the lock mechanism.