Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – With testing or indicating
Patent
1996-05-09
1997-09-09
Hughes, S. Thomas
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
With testing or indicating
29 33K, 29 54, 29 566, 29431, 29433, 2940701, 2940705, 29464, 29468, 2952506, 29559, 29701, 29809, 298972, B23P 1100, B23P 2300, B23Q 3902
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
An automated assembly machine for fabricating large mechanical structures including a floor assembly jig for receiving and holding parts in a desired orientation, a pair of carriages, a first drive mechanism for independently driving the carriages longitudinally, a second drive mechanism for moving the carriages vertically, a tool tray mounted on the carriages, and a plurality of tools, including a drill, a hole diameter measurement probe, a nut runner, and an electromagnetic riveter, mounted on the tool tray for lateral movement toward and away from a workpiece clamp-up position. The tools are positioned at the workpiece clamp-up position by moving one of the carriages longitudinally along the floor assembly jig and raising the other carriage to elevate the tool tray to a desired elevation.
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Article "Automation Comes to Airframes" Design News dated Sep. 21, 1992.
Banks David P.
Brodhead James E.
Buttrick Jr. James N.
Ffield Paul E.
Jones Darrell D.
Hughes S. Thomas
Nelson Lawrence W.
The Boeing Co.
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