Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated drilling station
- Patent Title (中): 自动钻孔站
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Application No.: US358429Application Date: 1989-05-30
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Publication No.: US5081763APublication Date: 1992-01-21
- Inventor: Everett E. Jones
- Applicant: Everett E. Jones
- Applicant Address: WA Seattle
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: WA Seattle
- Main IPC: B23B39/04
- IPC: B23B39/04 ; B23B39/20 ; B23Q3/157 ; B23Q17/09
Abstract:
An automated drilling station for use in a computer controlled manufacturing system comprising an adjustable frame structure for releasably clamping a work piece in a planar work position, a chuck assembly adapted to operatively receive a selected drill bit, a drive train for selectively moving the chuck assembly on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the work position, feed racks for storing a plurality of drill bits of various predetermined sizes, a robot assembly for transferring a selected drill bit between the feed racks and the chuck assembly at a transfer station remote from the work position, a drive train for selectively translating the chuck assembly between the transfer station and work position and between locations on one side of the work piece aligned with predetermined drilling locations in the work position and a selectively rotatable turret having bushings of various sizes disposed about the periphery thereof for selective disposition in opposed relation to the chuck assembly at each predetermined drilling locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US5555531A Method for identification of near-surface drilling hazards Public/Granted day:1996-09-10
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