Drilling apparatus and method
AssigneeThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH
InventorStephen Joseph Ainsworth
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for securing a first target element to a second target element. The method includes the steps of locating a support member arranged to simultaneously support a drilling head device and a riveting head device at a predetermined location proximate to the first and second target elements, via the drilling head drilling at least one hole through the first and second target elements at a desired location and without relocating the support member via the riveting head device, inserting a rivet in said hole and securing the inserted rivet.
Claims18
A single sided method for securing a first target element to a second target element, comprising the steps of:
- locating a support member arranged to simultaneously support a drilling head device and a riveting head device at a predetermined location proximate to the first and second target elements;
- locating a further support member arranged to carry said drilling head device and said riveting head device with respect to said support member by driving said further support member along at least one guide rail, groove or slot of said support member;
- via said drilling head device, drilling at least one hole through the first and second target elements at a desired location;
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- without re-locating said support member, re-locating said further support member and via said riveting head device, inserting a single-sided access rivet in said hole and securing the inserted single-sided access rivet,
- wherein said drilling head device comprises an orbital drill head and said step of drilling at least one hole comprises drilling at least one hole through the first and second target elements via the orbital drill head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.