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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Baba, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
FLOW JAPAN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stringer manufacturing method for machining one end portion of an elongated member that is provided with a cap flange, a web, and a base flange and that has an inverted T-shape in a front view, an I-shape in a front view, or a T-shape in a front view into a desired shape to obtain a desired stringer. The one end portion of the elongated member is machined into a desired shape by using a vertical articulated robot () that has at least 6 axes and that has, at the tip of a valve unit (), an abrasive nozzle assembly () that injects ultrahigh-pressure water containing abrasive and a catcher cup () that recovers the ultrahigh-pressure water ejected from the abrasive nozzle assembly ().