Methods for cutting aligned full size holes
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJohn P. Scheibel, James L. Scherer, Michael A. Ward
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Abstract
A method for enlarging each one of an initial pair of holes, which includes a first hole, extending through a first component, and a second hole, extending through a second component, includes inserting a pilot member, corresponding to a tolerance of misalignment of the first hole and the second hole of the initial pair of holes, such that pilot member passes through a clearance gap, defined by at least a portion of a boundary of first hole and at least a portion of a boundary of second hole with pilot member having a first central axis. The method also includes cutting a second pair of aligned holes through first and second components, respectively, with a cutter section, which has a second central axis.
Claims17
A method for enlarging each one of an initial pair of holes, the initial pair of holes including a first hole, extending through a first component, and a second hole, extending through a second component, the method comprising steps of:
- inserting a pilot member, corresponding to a tolerance of misalignment of the first hole and the second hole of the initial pair of holes such that the pilot member passes through a clearance gap, defined by at least a portion of a boundary of the first hole of the initial pair of holes and at least a portion of a boundary of the second hole of the initial pair of holes, and wherein the pilot member has a first central axis;
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- cutting a second pair of aligned holes through the first and second components, respectively, with a cutter section, which has a second central axis, and wherein the pilot member and the cutter section are connected to one another so that the first central axis of the pilot member and the second central axis of the cutter section are collinear.
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