One-piece barrel assembly cart
    71.
    发明授权
    One-piece barrel assembly cart 有权
    单件桶组装车

    公开(公告)号:US07624488B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-01

    申请号:US11005667

    申请日:2004-12-07

    IPC分类号: B21D53/88

    摘要: A one-piece barrel assembly cart includes a right assembly cart base connected with a left assembly cart base and at least three stabilizer rings that are attached to the assembly cart base. The one-piece barrel assembly cart may be used to stabilize a tapered cured composite barrel, for example the large fuselage barrel of the aft section of a large new generation aircraft, such as a 7E7 Boeing airplane. A modular assembly cart includes at least two identical modules. Each of these modules includes a cart base and a stabilizer ring. The diameter of the inner surface of the stabilizer ring may vary as needed. Other modules including a fuselage support may be added. By providing modular assembly carts any shape and size of a one-piece composite barrel may be stabilized after curing of the composite material.

    摘要翻译: 单件式桶组装车包括与左组件车基座连接的右组件车基座和附接到组装车基座的至少三个稳定环。 单件式桶组装车可以用于稳定锥形固化复合材料筒,例如大型新一代飞机(例如7E7波音飞机)后部的大型机身筒。 模块化组装车包括至少两个相同的模块。 这些模块中的每一个包括推车基座和稳定环。 稳定环的内表面的直径可以根据需要而变化。 可以添加包括机身支持的其他模块。 通过提供模块化的组装车,在复合材料固化之后,单件复合筒的任何形状和尺寸可以被稳定。

    Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations
    73.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations 有权
    用于制造操作的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07406758B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-05

    申请号:US10903713

    申请日:2004-07-30

    IPC分类号: B23B45/14

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vacuum cup assembly includes a housing having a vacuum generator formed therein, and a compliant sealing member coupled to the housing. The vacuum generator is coupleable to a source of pressurized fluid and is adapted to generate a reduced pressure region. The sealing member forms an enclosable region in fluid communication with the reduced pressure region. In another embodiment, a method of performing a manufacturing operation includes installing a coordinating pin into an indexing hole, the coordinating pin including a quantum of indexing information. The quantum of indexing information is sensed, and a manufacturing operation is performed based at least partially on the quantum of indexing information.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于制造操作的装置和方法。 在一个实施例中,真空杯组件包括其中形成有真空发生器的壳体和联接到壳体的柔性密封构件。 真空发生器可耦合到加压流体源并适于产生减压区域。 密封构件形成与减压区域流体连通的可封闭区域。 在另一个实施例中,执行制造操作的方法包括将协调销安装到分度孔中,所述协调销包括索引信息量。 感测索引信息的量,并且至少部分地基于索引信息的量来执行制造操作。

    Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method
    75.
    发明授权
    Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method 有权
    保形真空杯装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US07134649B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-14

    申请号:US10854209

    申请日:2004-05-27

    IPC分类号: B25B11/00

    摘要: A conformal vacuum cup provides a machine tool attachment fitting usable in a flexible-track drill system. Using multiple, independently articulated stiffeners, the conformal vacuum cup conforms to the contour of complex aerostructure surface shapes. The individual stiffeners are decoupled from each other to some extent by grooves and slots molded into resilient overmolding material to support long-axis curving. Spacing pins employ a domed shape consonant with the elastic deformation of the workpiece surface under load. The pins employ a hard material to prevent particle embedment in use and to control position tolerance for drill heads and other tools traveling on the flexible track. Partial holes in each vacuum cup are blocked by diaphragms. Interconnection from a vacuum system manifold to the vacuum cups can be realized by penetrating the diaphragms and inserting barbed fittings connected by vacuum tubing.

    摘要翻译: 保形真空杯提供可用于柔性钻孔系统中的机床附件配件。 使用多个独立铰接的加强件,适形真空杯符合复杂航空结构表面形状的轮廓。 各个加强件在一定程度上通过模制成弹性包覆成型材料的槽和狭槽相互分离,以支撑长轴弯曲。 间距销使用与加载下的工件表面的弹性变形一致的圆顶形状。 销使用硬质材料来防止使用中的颗粒嵌入,并控制钻头和在柔性轨道上行进的其他工具的位置公差。 每个真空杯中的部分孔被隔膜阻挡。 通过穿透隔膜并插入通过真空管连接的倒刺配件,可以实现从真空系统歧管到真空杯的互连。

    Flexible track drilling machine
    76.
    发明授权
    Flexible track drilling machine 有权
    弹性钻孔机

    公开(公告)号:US06843328B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-18

    申请号:US10016524

    申请日:2001-12-10

    摘要: A flexible track drilling machine employs a pair of rails that are flexible in one direction to conform to a non-flat workpiece surface and are substantially stiff in a direction parallel to the workpiece surface. The rails are attached to the workpiece by vacuum cups spaced along each rail. An X-axis carriage is slidably mounted on the rails by rollers mounted on flexible spring plates affixed to the carriage. A drill or other device to be positioned is mounted on a Y-axis carriage that is slidably connected to the X-axis carriage. The three-dimensional surface of the workpiece is mathematically transformed into a two-dimensional flat pattern, and the positioning of the carriages is controlled based on the flat pattern.

    摘要翻译: 柔性轨道钻孔机采用一对轨道,其在一个方向上是柔性的,以符合非平坦的工件表面,并且在平行于工件表面的方向上基本上是刚性的。 轨道通过沿着每个轨道间隔开的真空杯连接到工件。 X轴滑架通过安装在固定在滑架上的柔性弹簧板上的滚子可滑动地安装在导轨上。 待定位的钻具或其他装置安装在可滑动地连接到X轴托架的Y轴托架上。 工件的三维表面在数学上被转换为二维平面图案,并且基于平面图案来控制托架的定位。

    Fastener protrusion sensor
    77.
    发明授权
    Fastener protrusion sensor 有权
    紧固件突出传感器

    公开(公告)号:US6011482A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-04

    申请号:US198809

    申请日:1998-11-24

    摘要: The present invention relates to a protrusion sensor that determines the acceptability of a rivet within a component. The sensor includes a baseline detector which remains stationary, a movable detector which moves with a bucking bar module and produces a first signal proportionate to a distance between the baseline detector and the movable detector, and a CPU electronically connected to the movable detector and receiving the first signal. The CPU determines whether the rivet is acceptable by inputting a first distance when the bucking bar module is clamping an inside surface of the component, inputting a second distance when the bucking bar module is seated against a shank of the rivet, subtracting the second distance from the first distance to determine a length of the shank protruding from the inside surface of the component, and comparing the length of the shank against an internal table of rivet lengths to determine whether the proper rivet was loaded into the component or whether the rivet is within an acceptable tolerance.

    摘要翻译: 突起传感器技术领域本发明涉及一种确定铆钉在部件内的可接受性的突起传感器。 传感器包括保持静止的基线检测器,可移动检测器,其与屈曲杆模块一起移动并产生与基线检测器和可移动检测器之间的距离成比例的第一信号,以及电子连接到可移动检测器并接收 第一个信号。 当扣板模块夹紧部件的内表面时,CPU通过输入第一距离来确定铆钉是否可接受,当扣板组件抵靠铆钉的柄部时,输入第二距离,减去第二距离 第一距离以确定从部件的内表面突出的柄的长度,以及将柄的长度与铆钉长度的内表进行比较,以确定适当的铆钉是否装载到部件中,或者铆钉是否在内部 可接受的公差