| 摘要 |
A modular punch press station is provided for use with a punch press which has a vertically movable ram. The station is useful for inserting a rivet-like contact into an aperture in a carrier piece and it comprises a mounting plate for carrying components of the modular punch press station including a supply device such as a vibratory feeder. The mounting member also carries an insertion station which positions a single contact below the ram in a vertical orientation in the aperture in the carrier piece. Mechanism is provided for feeding the contacts from the supply device to the insertion station such that only a single contact is presented to the insertion station at a time. The punch press station also includes an anvil positioned in line below the ram and carried on the mounting member for engaging and supporting a lower end of the contact when the ram descends into engagement with a top end of the contact such that the contact will be deformed between the ram and the anvil while it is positioned in the aperture in the carrier piece to thereby fix the contact to the carrier piece. |
