Patent ID: 6102383
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B23K,B23Q,B25B

Abstract:
A combined centering and clamping device actuatable by pressure medium, especially for use in auto body building in the automotive industry, including a bolt-like centering part (6) and a clamping part (42, 43), said bolt-like centering part (6) includes a pressure medium-driven motion cylinder (1) with a piston body (12), and the clamping part (42, 43) includes a clamping cylinder (2) with a clamping piston (25), and said motion cylinder (1) and said clamping cylinder (2) being disposed coaxially in line with one another, and wherein the clamping part (42, 43) is supported in a slot formed in said bolt-like centering part (6) and the centering part (6) and the clamping part (42, 43) are driven one after the other in alternation in both directions, to clamp and center or release in response to the application of pressure by said pressure medium.