Method of and apparatus for placing a magnetic workpiece in a slot of a non-magnetic support.

摘要

Apparatus for placing a magnetic workpiece (32) in a slot (26) of a non-magnetic workpiece (12) comprises a non-magnetic table (24), a slider (16) mounted below the table (24) and slidable along a line, and a circular magnet (18) mounted on the slider (16) with the centre of the magnet located on the line. The non-magnetic workpiece (12) is clamped onto the table with the slot (26) exposed and its centre line aligned with the line in the centre of the magnet (18). The circular magnet has a magnetic field sufficient to cause the magnetic workpiece (32) to move along the centre line as the slider (16) slides along the line, with the degree of motion along the line sufficient for the magnet to move the magnetic workpiece into the slot (26) of the non-magnetic workpiece.