Abstract: Device for machining an end of an elementary panel for its subsequent friction stir welding, the elementary panel comprising a metal body defining two opposite faces, the machining device comprising a chassis, at least two guiding members configured to guide a first face of the elementary panel, at least one machining tool mounted on the chassis, the machining tool being positioned between the two guiding members and at least one pressure member mounted on the chassis and configured to exert a pressure on a second face of the elementary panel so as to press the elementary panel against the guiding members along the horizontal reference direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for assembling a plurality of panels of an aircraft fuselage, said device comprising at least one anvil body, comprising a surface for supporting the said plurality of panels, the said anvil body comprising at least one anvil rail mounted movably in a cavity of the anvil body and configured to move between a top position in which the upper surface of the anvil rail extends into the extension of the support surface and a bottom position in which a workspace is created between the upper surface of the anvil rail and the support surface so as to allow a machining and/or stripping tool to pass through.

Abstract: Device for machining an end of an elementary panel for its subsequent friction stir welding, the elementary panel comprising a metal body defining two opposite faces, the machining device comprising a chassis, at least two guiding members configured to guide a first face of the elementary panel, at least one machining tool mounted on the chassis, the machining tool being positioned between the two guiding members and at least one pressure member mounted on the chassis and configured to exert a pressure on a second face of the elementary panel so as to press the elementary panel against the guiding members along the horizontal reference direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for assembling a plurality of panels of an aircraft fuselage, said device comprising at least one anvil body, comprising a surface for supporting the said plurality of panels, the said anvil body comprising at least one anvil rail mounted movably in a cavity of the anvil body and configured to move between a top position in which the upper surface of the anvil rail extends into the extension of the support surface and a bottom position in which a workspace is created between the upper surface of the anvil rail and the support surface so as to allow a machining and/or stripping tool to pass through.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for assembling a plurality of panels of an aircraft fuselage, said system comprising at least one anvil body, at least one first panel and one second panel, and movement means mounted on the said anvil body, the said movement means being arranged to move the first panel in relation to the second panel between a first machining position in which one edge of the first panel and one edge of the second panel are spaced a machining distance apart so as to allow a machining tool to pass between the said edges in order to machine them simultaneously and a second welding position in which the said edge of the first panel and the said edge of the second panel are adjacent and resting on the said anvil body.