Automatic Driver Device and Joining Process
An automatic driver device ( 3 ) for joining components ( 2 ) of a driving station ( 1 ) is provided including a base support ( 8 ) that is provided with several automatic driving tools ( 4, 5 ), the driving tools being mounted thereupon so as to be movable in a multiaxial fashion. The movement is via adjusting mechanisms ( 9, 16, 17, 24, 25 ). Several of the automatic driving tools ( 4, 5 ) are combined into at least one screwdriver group and are jointly mounted so as to be movable on the base support ( 8 ) by one of the adjusting mechanisms ( 9 ). One or several driving tools ( 4, 5 ) can be additionally mounted within the screwdriver group ( 6, 7 ) so as to be movable relative to each other by at least one other adjusting mechanism ( 9, 17, 25 ).
1 . An automatic driver device ( 3 ) for joining components, in a driving station the driver device comprising:
a basic carrier;
a plurality of automatic driver tools mounted thereon on said basic carrier
an adjusting means, said automatic driver tools being movable along a plurality of axes by means of said adjusting means said plurality of driver tools being integrated in at least one screwdriver group and being mounted together movably at the basic carrier by means of said adjusting means.
2 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said driver tools are additionally mounted movably in relation to one another by means of said adjusting means within said screwdriver group.
3 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said adjusting means comprises a multistep carriage unit that can be telescoped or cascaded.
4 . A driver device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the carriage unit has a plurality of said carriage steps that are movable relative to one another along at least one axis.
5 . A driver device in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the carriage steps are mounted next to each other.
6 . A driver device in accordance with claim 4 , wherein at least one said carriage step has a plate- or frame-like subcarrier with a plurality of said driver tools integrated in a screwdriver group.
7 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein at least one said driver tools from the screwdriver group is arranged on at least one next carriage stage and/or on a transverse adjusting portion of said adjusting means.
8 . A driver device in accordance with claim 4 , wherein the carriage steps have controllable carriage drives of their own.
9 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said adjusting means has a smaller width and length than the basic carrier.
10 . A driver device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein a plurality of said carriage units are arranged next to each other on the basic carrier.
11 . A driver device in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said adjusting means has, for each said driver tools, a linear transverse adjusting means with a controllable adjusting drive.
12 . A driver device in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the transverse adjusting means is arranged between the driver tools and the multistep carriage unit or a one-step longitudinal adjusting means.
13 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the driver tools has a bracket and a driving unit movable thereon along one or more axes.
14 . A driver device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein a height adjusting means is arranged between the bracket and the driving unit.
15 . A driver device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein a pivoting adjusting means is arranged between the bracket and the driving unit.
16 . A driver device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the driving unit has a driving spindle with a driving head and with a carried spindle drive.
17 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the basic carrier has a plate- or frame-like design.
18 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the basic carrier has a chassis and a rail guide, for withdrawing and extending from the driving station.
19 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the basic carrier has a centering and lifting unit.
20 . A driver device in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the centering and lifting unit comprises a plurality of introducing units with said lifting devices.
21 . A driver device in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising: a control connected to said adjusting means and spindle drives of said driving unit.
22 . A driver device in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the control comprises a numeric multi-axis control.
23 . A driving station for joining said components of vehicle bodies, the station comprising:
an automatic driver device comprising a basic carrier, a plurality of automatic driver tools mounted on said basic carrier and an adjusting means, said automatic driver tools being movable along a plurality of axes by means of said adjusting means, said plurality of driver tools being integrated in at least one screwdriver group and being mounted together movably at said basic carrier by means of said adjusting means.
24 . A driving station in accordance with claim 22 , wherein a spindle carrier is arranged between the components and the driver device.
25 . A process for joining said components of vehicle bodies, in a driving station with an automatic driver, the process comprising providing a basic carrier with a plurality of automatic driver tools mounted movably along multiple axes thereon by means of an adjusting means; and integrating said plurality of driver tools in a screwdriver group and are adjusted together by means of said adjusting means.
26 . A process in accordance with claim 25 , wherein one or more said driver tools are additionally adjusted relative to one another by means of said adjusting means within the screwdriver group.