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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for riveting shell components to form a barrel-shaped structure such as an aircraft fuselage includes an outer part and an inner part that operate coordinated with each other under computer control. The outer apparatus part includes a riveting machine system movably carried on an annular machine guide that is supported on a stand that is movable in a length-wise X-direction. The inner apparatus part includes a multi-axis riveting robot mounted on a mounting frame that is movable along the X-direction. Instead of moving the inner and outer apparatus parts in the X-direction, it is alternatively possible to move the fuselage while keeping the apparatus parts stationary. A computer control unit provides control signals to achieve a coordinated and concurrent positioning of the inner and outer apparatus parts, and to carry out a coordinated sequence of riveting steps. Rivets can be automatically fastened even at difficult to access locations, while avoiding structural obstacles inside the aircraft fuselage. The apparatus parts are supported independently of the fuselage on the floor of the assembly hall.
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