Surface machining device for a cellular structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorDenis De Mattia
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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.
Claims10
A device for machining a slot in a surface of a cellular structure that includes a plurality of cells arranged along alignments, the slot being oriented in a direction corresponding to a first cell alignment, said device comprising:
- a machining head including a chassis;
- a rotary tool rotating about a tool axis perpendicular to the direction of the slot;
- a first guide wheel arranged to one side of the rotary tool;
- a second guide wheel arranged to another side of the rotary tool opposite the first side, each guide wheel having a wheel axis parallel to the tool axis, an external surface with a plurality of teeth configured and positioned such as to penetrate the cells in an alignment of the cellular structure when said guide wheel rolls over the surface of the cellular structure,
- wherein the machining head includes a link between the chassis and at least one guide wheel enabling a degree of freedom in the lateral direction parallel to the tool axis such that said at least one guide wheel is movable in relation to the rotary tool in the lateral direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.