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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 20/126 (2013.01); B23K 20/1255 (2013.01); B23K 20/1265 (2013.01);
Abstract
System for friction stir welding of two parts which includes a welding unit which includes at least one welding head fitted with a rotating pin and a counter-bearing unit which has a support surface to support the parts against a pressure exerted by the welding head, and wherein each welding head can be moved relative to the support surface in a first direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotating pin and in a second direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation, and wherein the support surface can be moved in the second direction and is formed of two coaxial clamp rollers which are set apart from each other.