Compound shimming
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAshleigh Nesbit, Thomas Wilson
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method. The method includes identifying a first location on a first part to place a first shim tab to form a first portion of a compound shim. The method also includes applying the first shim tab to the first location on the first part with an end-effector. The method also includes identifying a second location directly adjacent to the first location on the first part to place a second shim tab. The method also includes applying the second shim tab to the second location on the first part with the end-effector to form a second portion of the compound shim. The method also includes applying a third shim tab to the second shim tab at the second location to increase a thickness of the second portion of the compound shim.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying a first location on a first part to place a first shim tab to form a first portion of a compound shim;
- applying the first shim tab to the first location on the first part with an end-effector;
- identifying a second location directly adjacent, in a direction along the first part, to the first location on the first part to place a second shim tab;
- applying the second shim tab to the second location on the first part with the end-effector to form a second portion of the compound shim;
- and
- applying a third shim tab to the second shim tab at the second location to stack together the third shim tab and the second shim tab, in a direction away from the first part at the second location, and to increase a thickness of the second portion of the compound shim.
A method comprising:
- identifying a first location on a first part to place a first shim tab to form a first portion of a compound shim;
- applying the first shim tab to the first location on the first part with an end-effector;
- identifying a second location directly adjacent to the first location on the first part to place a second shim tab;
- applying the second shim tab to the second location on the first part with the end-effector to form a second portion of the compound shim;
- applying a third shim tab to the second shim tab at the second location to increase a thickness of the second portion of the compound shim;
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- before applying the first shim tab, the second shim tab, and the third shim tab, receiving the first shim tab, the second shim tab, and the third shim tab from a supply structure carrying the first shim tab, the second shim tab, and the third shim tab on a carrier material and removing the first shim tab, the second shim tab, and the third shim tab from the carrier material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.