METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FABRICATING PISTON ASSEMBLY

摘要

Objects of the present invention are to reduce the costs of a swash plate compressor and to improve the quality thereof by fully automating the fitting of a piston and a shoe to a swash plate. A slide table (52) is provided that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the axis 0 of a rotating shaft (2) and a piston that is to be mounted on the slide table (52) is disposed in parallel with the slide table. The slide table (52) is advanced so that a shoe (7) disposed in a notch (4a) of the piston (4) on the slide table (52) is raised by a presser member (54), and the piston (4) is brought into alignment with the circumferential portion of the swash plate. A shaft supporting portion (65) for supporting the rotating shaft is provided on a pair of supporting heads (50, 51) supporting the rotating shafts (2), and piston supporting portions (67) for supporting the piston are provided at a plurality of circumferential portions along the circumference thereof. The piston on the slide table (52) is supported by the piston supporting portions (67) in a state in which the piston is assembled to the circumferential portion of the swash plate, and the respective piston supporting portions (67) are rotated together at a predetermined pitch in synchronism with the advancement of the slide table.