Clinch Fastening Systems

Autoriv Installation Systems
Clinch Fastening Systems
• Controls and operator interface ease tracking of
installation problems
– Micro-controller or PLC monitors fastener in all
critical locations, ensuring fasteners are ready
for setting
– Heavy-duty LED panel displays system status
and exact fault locations, permitting it to be
dealt with directly and quickly
– System interacts with press to stop process if
an abnormality is sensed
– Rotary operator panel with system layout and
checks; can always be turned to the press
operator
• Press simulation unit can be created
– Allows complete system check (punch head,
signal exchange and feeding unit) outside the
press
– Feeding system and punch heads can also be
checked manually
Benefits
• Shortens downtime for changeovers
• Highly-accurate positioning
• Eases troubleshooting
• Helps prevent damage to press
• Reduces potential for scrapped or reworked
assemblies
• Withstands demanding assembly environments
Quick-connect couplings ease set-up
Adjustment of
Fitting Length
For in-die systems,
nose length and
corresponding
components can
be engineered
to accomodate
difficult
accessibility
conditions or
to assemble
complex or
awkwardly-shaped
components.
Success With Strux® Fasteners & Autoriv Installation Systems
Customer: Tier 2 automotive supplier
Benefits:
• Solution allows placement of different
Application: Seat tracks and seat attachments
fasteners at a variety of angles
Application problem: Components had to be
• Tight tolerances are met
manufactured to tight tolerances to prevent
• Use of clinch fasteners permits quick, clean
binding of seat sliders. These tolerances would
visual inspection
have been difficult to achieve with welded nuts.
ACUMENT SOLUTION: Strux® fasteners seated with
two adaptable Autoriv 100 systems: 2 in-die systems
for seating nuts, 4 in-die progressive systems (two
for nuts, one for studs, and one combination nut
and stud), and 2 offline, progressive die systems for
seating nuts
• Flexibility and adaptability of Autoriv system
kept tool costs low
• In-die progressive system can achieve a
stroke rate up to 60 strokes per minute
• Welding equipment, hazards and splatter
clean-up were eliminated
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