Optimisation, acceleration and automation of processes

GESIPA has been catering to varied industries including white goods, ladder manufacturing and most importantly the automotive industry with their automatic blind riveting units. Recently, they announced three new versions to their GAV series, including GAV 8000 Eco without the process control monitoring, GAV 8000 electronic with process control monitoring widely used in automotive production lines and lastly GAV HF used to set high-strength blind rivets. Stephen Dovernor, Account Manager (Technical Sales) at Gesipa explains "These fully automatic blind riveting units for industrial applications are capable of setting 40 rivets per minute increasing the productivity, saving time and cost by approximately 50% compared to conventional blind riveting tools. This all is possible due to the automatic loading of blind rivet into the gun's working position. With no skilled staff required, it has a capability of integrating into full automatic production lines and can be flexibly tailored to the specific production requirements of each customer." All factors as workstation layout, production type, application, securing of reproducible and safe working processes, adaptation to the industrial environment as well as process documentation can be realized using combinations of different pistol versions, lengths of tubing (to up to 5 metres), special accessories for different rivet dimensions and production requirements. In addition to that, all GAV versions can be equipped with three different versions of setting pistols for ideal adaptation to the workstation and for best access to the rivet locations. Used as part of a complete production system or in self-sustained configuration, the system can be quickly and easily adapted to the new conditions in case of change of the application. Both versions of GAV 8000 can also be integrated in robotic systems and can be programmed on most different courses of movement efficiently adapting to riveting tasks in combination with the GESIPA® riveting technique. Explaining the different setting ranges for GAV 8000 eco, electronic and HF, Stephen Dovernor says "The GAV 8000 eco and electronic sets blind rivets from 2.4 mm diameter to 6.4 mm diameter alu and copper, blind rivets up to 6 mm diameter steel and up to 5 mm diameter stainless steel as well as blind rivets up to a head diameter of 11.4 mm and they offer a setting force up to 11,770 N at 6-7 bar air pressure. With a GAV HF you can set blind rivets from 4.8 mm up to 8.0 mm diameter all materials, rivet shaft lengths up to 35 mm, setting head diameter up to 19 mm, rivet mandrels up to 5.5 mm diameter and it offers a setting force up to 25,000 N at 5 bar air pressure." Using a fully automatic GAV combined with a multi axial robot within a regulated, fast and safe production process offers advantages like high precision, economic efficiency, short cycle times and high flexibility to the industrial customers. For more information please call 01535 212 200 or email info@gesipa.co.uk Web: www.gesipa.co.uk