Stiffener composite charge application system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJonathan Young Ahn, Davis Tran
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Abstract
A stiffener composite charge placement system is presented. The stiffener composite charge placement system comprises a longitudinal end effector having a first attachment point and a second attachment point; a first rotational arm having a first connector configured to connect to the first attachment point; a first movement system configured to move the first rotational arm within a manufacturing environment; a second rotational arm having a second connector configured to connect to the second attachment point; and a second movement system configured to move the second rotational arm within the manufacturing environment.
Claims24
A stiffener composite charge placement system comprising:
- a longitudinal end effector having a first attachment point and a second attachment point;
- a first rotational arm having a first connector configured to connect to the first attachment point;
- a first movement system configured to move the first rotational arm within a manufacturing environment;
- a second rotational arm having a second connector configured to connect to the second attachment point;
- and
- a second movement system configured to move the second rotational arm within the manufacturing environment,
- wherein the first movement system has a first set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a first set of docking points of a support tool configured to support a mandrel, and
- wherein the second movement system has a second set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a second set of docking points of the support tool.
A stiffener composite charge placement system comprising:
- a first rotational system comprising a first rotational arm mounted on a first movement system configured to relocate the first rotational arm within a manufacturing environment;
- a second rotational system comprising a second rotational arm mounted on a second movement system configured to relocate the second rotational arm within the manufacturing environment;
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- a longitudinal end effector configured to be connected to the first rotational arm and the second rotational arm,
- wherein the first movement system has a first set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a first set of docking points of a support tool configured to support a mandrel, and
- wherein the second movement system has a second set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a second set of docking points of the support tool.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a longitudinal end effector having a first attachment point and a second attachment point;
- a first rotational system comprising a first rotational arm having a first connector configured to connect to the first attachment point, the first rotation system mounted on a first movement system configured to relocate the first rotational arm within a manufacturing environment;
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- a second rotational system comprising a second rotational arm having a second connector configured to connect to the second attachment point, the second rotational system mounted on a second movement system configured to relocate the second rotational arm within the manufacturing environment,
- wherein the first movement system has a first set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a first set of docking points of a support tool configured to support a mandrel, and
- wherein the second movement system has a second set of mechanical indices configured to interface with a second set of docking points of the support tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.