Gesipa’s Taurus pneumatic/hydraulic riveting tool series, can save up to 68 percent compressed air because the compressed air required for blind rivet setting can be re-used a second time for the ejection of the spent rivet mandrel. The air suction mechanism is switched off via an easy to activate slide switch.
Taurus Tools with process control were recently installed at one of Gesipa's automotive customer sites in the UK. Explaining the process control mechanism, Stuart Booth, Technical Lead, comments: “Contained within these special Taurus tools is a sensing and processing capability that analyses each rivet set via a real time analysis of traction and stroke during the riveting operation. Feedback is provided to the operator via green and red LEDs located on the tool confirming a 'good' or 'bad' rivet setting. Rivets that fail to set according to defined parameters are detected and reported.”
Multiple job profiles stored in a computer can be quickly downloaded to the tool’s memory, programming it for various applications. The tool’s internal memory stores data on up to 260,000 rivet sets. The output data can be transmitted in real-time to collection devices, audible/visual signal systems and electronic controllers, or downloaded at intervals to provide an analysis of the riveting process.
Each analysis takes less than a microsecond. Moreover, all measurement parameters and riveting sequences can be adjusted with special software. Detailed analysis of the measurement, either for data storage or for error detection as well as sensor re-calibration, can all be performed at the user level.