Mobile transport platform for the handling of aeronautical parts
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorJosé Manuel Santos Gómez
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Abstract
A mobile transport platform for the handling of aeronautical parts with a frame has an array of telescopic actuators vertically arranged in rows and columns, each telescopic actuator is coupled by one end to the frame, and has a coupled head (2c) at its opposite end; a control system connected to each telescopic actuator for individually controlling the actuation of each telescopic actuator so that the telescopic actuator can adapt a position between that of maximum extension in which the head and at least part of the shaft of the telescopic actuator project from the plane of the load surface, and that of maximum retraction in which at least the shaft of the telescopic actuator does not project from the plane of the load surface.
Claims19
A supporting platform for transporting aeronautical parts, comprising:
- a frame having an upper load surface for supporting the parts and wheels for moving the frame;
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- an array of telescopic actuators arranged in rows and columns, the telescopic actuators selected from the group consisting of pneumatic and hydraulic telescopic actuators;
- wherein each telescopic actuator comprises an actuation cylinder connected to the frame, a shaft operatively connected to the actuation cylinder via one end of the shaft, and a head coupled to the other end of the shaft;
- the head emerging vertically from the frame through the upper surface when the telescopic actuator is actuated;
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- a control system connected to each telescopic actuator for individually controlling the actuation of each telescopic actuator so that each head emerges up to a selected position at a distance from the upper surface, in such a manner that all together, the surfaces of the heads form a bed surface having the shape of a surface of the part on which said part is laid without causing damage to the surface of the part.
A supporting platform according to claim l, wherein the head of each telescopic actuator comprises an upper part of an elastically deformable material.
A supporting platform according to 2, wherein each head of the telescopic actuator comprises a suction cup.
A supporting platform according to 3, wherein each head of the telescopic actuator comprises a suction cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.