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Lever to Housing Installation Press

This station was designed and built to install a lever onto a control housing.

The housing includes a lock feature to retain the lever in position after assembly,

however, the interference fit between the lever and the lock feature make it difficult

to press the lever onto the housing without damaging the lock feature.

This station mechanically releases the lock feature for the lever to be installed without damage to the components.

The lever is placed onto the alignment tool and is held in position with magnetism.

After the spring is installed onto the lever, and the housing has been placed into the nest, the assembly is performed.

The lever must first rotate forward and down, to position it directly over the locking ears.

Then the release mechanism extends to close the lock feature, enabling the lever to be pressed over the lock.

Once the lever is in position, the release mechanism returns, and the lever is locked onto the housing.

The press rotates back to the loading position and the cycle is complete.

The Lever to Housing Press is really a fixture that is installed on a machine base, which incorporates standardized mounting and I/O so that a single machine base can facilitate many functions through the various tooling fixtures that can be designed around it. When a specific fixture is not in use, it may be stored on the rear of the machine with the rack attached to the base. Fixture ID is automatic, so it becomes "plug and play" automatically calling for the appropriate program sequence when the fixture is installed.                                         

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Last modified: 04/28/11