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US 2018/0250794 A1Published application
Multi-Functional Debur Tool
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsStanley Gilbert Johnson, Frankie T. Fernandez, JR.
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Abstract
A system and method for a composite finishing system. The composite finishing system comprises an abrasive bit with an abrasive material on a removal surface of the abrasive bit, where in the abrasive bit has a pilot structure that positions an abrasive surface relative to an edge break intersection of a hole in a composite structure when a pilot structure is placed into the hole.
Claims20
A composite finishing system comprising:
- an abrasive bit having an abrasive material on a removal surface of the abrasive bit, wherein the abrasive bit has a pilot structure that positions an abrasive surface relative to an edge break intersection of a hole in a composite structure when the pilot structure is placed into the hole.
A method for removing inconsistencies from a hole in a composite structure, the method comprising:
- moving a pilot structure on an abrasive bit into the hole in the composite structure in a direction along a rotation axis for the abrasive bit, wherein the pilot structure positions an abrasive surface relative to an edge break intersection of the hole when the pilot structure is placed into the hole;
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- rotating the abrasive bit while the pilot structure is in the hole, wherein the abrasive bit has an abrasive material on a removal surface of the abrasive bit that reduces undesired fibers from the edge break intersection of the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.