The development of lightweight self-piercing riveting equipment

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Westgate, S A ^a   Doo, R ^b   Liebrecht, F ^c   Braeunling, S ^c   Mattsson, T ^d   Stromberg K O ^e  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b Henrob Ltd   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ABB Body in White Olofström AB   (Germany)

^e Flexprop Production AB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; PIERCING; SPOT WELDING;

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; JOINING TECHNIQUES; LONG REACH; RESISTANCE SPOT WELD; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; SELF-PIERCING RIVETING; SETTING FORCE; VOLUME PRODUCTION;

RIVETING;

EID: 85072462155     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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