METHOD OF TUNING PANELS FOR COMMONALITY OF SELF-PIERCING RIVET/DIE AND ROBOT COMBINATIONS

A method is provided for preparing a plurality of material stacks for joining with common self-piercing rivets. The method includes tuning the panels for self-piercing rivet joint commonality and manufacturing simplicity by providing each of the multiple material stacks with a common self-piercing r...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hoffman Colleen Marie, Stojkovic Dragan B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	FORGE FURNACES FORGING HAMMERING LAYERED PRODUCTS LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRESSING METAL PUNCHING METAL RIVETING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is provided for preparing a plurality of material stacks for joining with common self-piercing rivets. The method includes tuning the panels for self-piercing rivet joint commonality and manufacturing simplicity by providing each of the multiple material stacks with a common self-piercing rivet mating surface thickness. This may be done by striking a metal panel of an individual material stack at a self-piercing rivet mating surface to reduce the thickness thereof in a tuned area and thereby provide the common self-piercing rivet mating surface thickness to the individual material stack independent of the original total metal thickness of the individual material stack.