Assembly and method for handliing an aircraft propulsion unit
AssigneeSafran Nacelles
InventorDenis GUILLOIS
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Abstract
A handling assembly of a propulsion assembly includes a frame which includes three radially spaced arms and is mobile in rotation about an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the handling assembly, and three branches for handling the nacelle, which are mounted transversally on the arms of the frame, extend along the longitudinal axis and include a working branch, which is movable between a rest position allowing a clearance with an inner wall of an air intake of the nacelle and a working position in which the working branch comes into contact with the inner wall, so as to exert a pressing force of the handling branches on the inner wall of the air intake. A method for handling a propulsion assembly using the handling assembly is also included.
Claims12
A handling assembly of a propulsion unit including a nacelle and an aircraft turbojet engine, the handling assembly including:
- a frame, the frame including at least three arms radially spaced from one another, the frame being rotatably movable about a transverse axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the handling assembly;
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- at least three manipulation branches of the nacelle, each of the at least three manipulation branches being mounted transversely on one of the at least three arms of the frame and extending along the longitudinal axis of the handling assembly, the at least three manipulation branches including at least one movable working branch, the at least one movable working branch being movable relative to an arm of the at least three arms on which the at least one movable working branch is mounted when an actuator for actuating the at least one moveable working branch is activated between an initial position wherein there is a clearance between the at least one moveable working branch and an inner wall of an air inlet of the nacelle when the propulsion unit is mounted on the handling assembly, and a working position wherein the at least one moveable working branch comes into contact with the inner wall of the air inlet of the nacelle, such that the at least three manipulation branches apply a plating force on the inner wall of the air inlet.
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