Side rack rail system apparatus and method
    3.
    发明授权
    Side rack rail system apparatus and method 失效
    侧架轨道系统装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US07185407B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-06

    申请号:US10854211

    申请日:2004-05-27

    IPC分类号: B21D39/03

    摘要: A rail system for positioning a toolhead above a workpiece uses a rack cut into one edge of the rail and driven by a pinion gear whose shaft is approximately perpendicular to a workpiece to couple the rail to the toolhead. Multiple rollers placed on the toolhead allow contact between the toolhead and the rail to be effectively continuous despite the cutting away of as much as or more than two-thirds of the rail edge to provide rack teeth. Separating thickness axis containment from transverse with a square rail edge and separate thickness axis and transverse rollers allows the toolhead to follow a rail as the rail flexes over a curved surface with minimal position error. Several variations in rail, bearing, and rack implementation can realize comparable results.

    摘要翻译: 用于将工具头定位在工件上方的轨道系统使用切割到轨道的一个边缘中的齿条并由其轴近似垂直于工件的小齿轮驱动,以将轨道联接到工具头。 放置在工具头上的多个滚子允许工具头和导轨之间的接触有效连续,尽管切割多达或多于轨道边缘的三分之二,以提供齿条齿。 将分离的厚度轴保持与横向的方形轨道边缘和分离的厚度轴和横向辊允许工具头跟随轨道,因为轨道弯曲在弯曲的表面上以最小的位置误差。 轨道,轴承和机架实现方面的几个变化可以实现可比的结果。

    Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method
    4.
    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:US07526851B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-05

    申请号:US11505951

    申请日:2006-08-18

    IPC分类号: B23Q7/00 B23P19/00

    摘要: During the manufacture an aircraft, a tool-carrying rail is removably attached to a rail-side surface of the aircraft with a vacuum cup. The tool-carrying rail includes a longitudinal axis to mount a tool. The vacuum cup is stiffened along a first axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tool-carrying rail and the vacuum cup is stiffened along a second axis parallel to the rail-side surface of the aircraft. To removably attach the tool-carrying rail, a perimeter of the vacuum cup is removably sealed to the rail-side surface of the aircraft against vacuum loss and a point on the rail is rigidly positioned with respect to a point on the rail-side surface of the aircraft. In addition, a vacuum source is coupled to a spatial volume occupying all of a space between the vacuum cup and the rail-side surface of the aircraft and the tool is slidably positioned along the longitudinal axis of the tool-carrying rail.

    摘要翻译: 在制造飞行器期间,工具承载轨道用真空杯可拆卸地附接到飞行器的轨道侧表面。 工具承载轨道包括用于安装工具的纵向轴线。 真空杯沿着横向于工具承载轨道的纵向轴线的第一轴线加强,并且真空杯沿着平行于飞行器的轨道侧表面的第二轴线加强。 为了可移除地附接工具轨道,真空杯的周边可拆卸地密封到飞行器的轨道侧表面以防止真空损失,并且轨道上的点相对于轨道侧表面上的点被刚性地定位 的飞机。 此外,真空源耦合到占据飞行器的真空杯和轨道侧表面之间的所有空间的空间体积,并且工具沿着工具承载轨道的纵向轴线可滑动地定位。

    Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method
    5.
    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:US07380776B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-03

    申请号:US11505952

    申请日:2006-08-18

    IPC分类号: B23P21/00

    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缝相互分离,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。

    Conformal vacuum cup apparatus and method
    6.
    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
    8.
    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。

    Methods for manufacturing operations using non-contact position sensing
    10.
    发明授权
    Methods for manufacturing operations using non-contact position sensing 有权
    使用非接触位置感测的制造操作的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07165630B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-23

    申请号:US11165730

    申请日:2005-06-23

    IPC分类号: B23B35/00 B23P3/157

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations using non-contact position sensing are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a track assembly adapted to be attached to a workpiece, a carriage assembly moveably coupled to the track assembly and moveable relative to the workpiece, and a position sensor. The position sensor includes a sensor element adapted to detect at least one edge of an index feature on the workpiece from a distance away from the index feature. In an alternate embodiment, the position sensor may include a sensing circuit that receives an analog signal from the sensing element and provides both analog and digital output signals. In another embodiment, a controller that controls manufacturing operations may be mounted directly on the carriage assembly.

    摘要翻译: 公开了使用非接触位置感测的制造操作的装置和方法。 在一个实施例中,一种装置包括适于附接到工件的轨道组件,可移动地联接到轨道组件并且可相对于工件移动的滑架组件和位置传感器。 位置传感器包括传感器元件,适于从离索引特征的距离检测工件上的折射特征的至少一个边缘。 在替代实施例中,位置传感器可以包括感测电路,其从感测元件接收模拟信号并提供模拟和数字输出信号。 在另一个实施例中,控制制造操作的控制器可以直接安装在滑架组件上。