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System and method for hemming vehicle closures

  • US 20060053613A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2004
  • Published: 03/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for hemming a vehicle body closure comprising:

  • a joining station for receiving a formed sheet metal outer member of the closure and a formed sheet metal inner member of the closure with associated corners of the outer and inner members located adjacent each other and with peripheries of the outer and inner members extending alongside each other between their corners, and the joining station including corner forming apparatus for forming the corners of the outer member around the adjacent corners of the inner member to initially join the outer and inner members of the closure to each other;

    robot transfer apparatus for removing the joined outer and inner members of the closure from the joining station; and

    a hemming station to which the robot transfer apparatus moves along an axis of conveyance to transfer the joined outer and inner members from the joining station, and the hemming station including roll hemming apparatus for initial roll prehemming and subsequent roll final hemming the periphery of the outer member around the periphery of the inner member between the corners of the members.

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