公开(公告)号：US20190317482A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US15952607

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Patrick B. Stone ,  Matthew Benjamin Moore ,  Jeffrey A. Zornes

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B25J15/06

Abstract: A flay assembly for separating a workpiece from a manufacturing fixture has a horizontal beam assembly and a pair of vertical beam assemblies. The horizontal beam assembly includes a horizontal beam having a horizontal drive motor. Each vertical beam assembly includes a vertical beam operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor and has a workpiece attachment assembly operably engaged to a vertical drive motor. The workpiece attachment assembly has an attachment mechanism attachable to the workpiece. The horizontal drive motor and the vertical drive motors are operable in a manner to move the vertical beams away from each other along a horizontal drive axis while simultaneously moving each workpiece attachment assembly along a vertical drive axis to cause the attachment mechanisms to pull the workpiece side portions away from the manufacturing fixture while a center support of the horizontal beam maintains a workpiece crown in contact with the manufacturing fixture.

公开(公告)号：US10520933B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US15952607

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Patrick B. Stone ,  Matthew Benjamin Moore ,  Jeffrey A. Zornes

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B25J15/06 ,  B23Q1/52 ,  B23Q1/66 ,  B23Q39/02 ,  B23Q1/62 ,  B23Q3/06 ,  B23Q3/08 ,  B23Q1/70 ,  B25B5/14 ,  B25B5/16 ,  B25B11/00

Abstract: A flay assembly for separating a workpiece from a manufacturing fixture has a horizontal beam assembly and a pair of vertical beam assemblies. The horizontal beam assembly includes a horizontal beam having a horizontal drive motor. Each vertical beam assembly includes a vertical beam operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor and has a workpiece attachment assembly operably engaged to a vertical drive motor. The workpiece attachment assembly has an attachment mechanism attachable to the workpiece. The horizontal drive motor and the vertical drive motors are operable in a manner to move the vertical beams away from each other along a horizontal drive axis while simultaneously moving each workpiece attachment assembly along a vertical drive axis to cause the attachment mechanisms to pull the workpiece side portions away from the manufacturing fixture while a center support of the horizontal beam maintains a workpiece crown in contact with the manufacturing fixture.