This machine is used to weld the Can to the Header S/A after final powder load and consolidation.  The complete Igniter assemblies come from the Output Powder Loader in plastic tubes, or linear vibratory feeder from the powder loader. The machine is built around a 16 station cam driven index table. The Igniter S/A's tubes are manually loaded into a tube unloader and the Igniter S/A's are automatically unloaded from the tubes into a vibratory inline feeder and then loaded with the pins facing up into the index table fixtures by a parts placer. The part nest is simply a hole that the Igniter S/A is loaded into simultaneously. At the weld station the Igniter is lifted up slightly in the nest by the bottom spindle and the top spindle comes down and clamps with whatever force is necessary to be sure the Header S/A is properly seated in the Can.