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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Airbus Operations S.a.s., Toulouse, FR;

Inventor:

Denis De Mattia, Basse Goulaine, FR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 3/30 (2006.01); B23Q 1/42 (2006.01); B23C 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 3/30 (2013.01); B23C 5/16 (2013.01); B23C 2215/04 (2013.01); B23C 2220/36 (2013.01); B23C 2220/40 (2013.01); B23C 2228/25 (2013.01); B23C 2260/04 (2013.01); B23Q 1/42 (2013.01); Y10T 409/30784 (2015.01); Y10T 409/306496 (2015.01); Y10T 409/308624 (2015.01);
Abstract

A device for machining a slot on a surface of a cellular structure includes a machining head that includes a chassis, a rotary tool rotating about a tool axis perpendicular to the direction of the slot, two guide wheels arranged on either side of the rotary tool that have a plurality of teeth configured and positioned such that they penetrate the cells of an alignment of the cellular structure. The machining head includes a link between the chassis and at least one guide wheel that enables a degree of freedom in a lateral direction parallel to the tool axis such that the guide wheel is movable in relation to the rotary tool in the lateral direction.


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