Abstract: A process for joining parts together is provided by positioning and temporarily clamping parts to be joined together. A number (n) of pilot holes may then be drilled through the temporarily clamped parts (e.g., by means of Cleco fasteners), wherein the number (n) of pilot holes is less than a total number (N) of holes required to be drilled to allow the parts to be joined together by permanent fasteners and to receive temporary fasteners therein. A remaining number (?) of holes to achieve the total number (N) of holes required for the parts to be joined together by permanent fasteners may thereafter be drilled so that permanent fasteners may be installed both, by automated system, in the number (n) of pilot holes and the remaining number (?) of holes that have been drilled to thereby permanently join the parts together.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2015
Assignees:
EMBRAER S.A., ITA-INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA
Inventors:
Daniella Yada Negroni, Luis Gonzaga Trabasso
Abstract: A process for joining parts together is provided by positioning and temporarily clamping parts to be joined together. A number (n) of pilot holes may then be drilled through the temporarily clamped parts (e.g., by means of Cleco fasteners), wherein the number (n) of pilot holes is less than a total number (N) of holes required to be drilled to allow the parts to be joined together by permanent fasteners and to receive temporary fasteners therein. A remaining number (?) of holes to achieve the total number (N) of holes required for the parts to be joined together by permanent fasteners may thereafter be drilled so that permanent fasteners may be installed both, by automated system, in the number (n) of pilot holes and the remaining number (?) of holes that have been drilled to thereby permanently join the parts together.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 21, 2012
Publication date:
June 26, 2014
Applicants:
ITA - Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, EMBRAER S.A.
Abstract: Automated positioning and alignment methods and systems for aircraft structures use anthropomorphous robots with six degrees of freedom to carry the aero structure parts during the positioning and alignment. The parts and structures (if any) supporting the parts are treated as robot tools.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 12, 2010
Publication date:
November 17, 2011
Applicants:
ITA - Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA
Inventors:
Marcos Leandro Simonetti, Luis Gonzaga Trabasso