MOBILE PLATFORMS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS ALONG AN EXTERIOR OF A FUSELAGE ASSEMBLY

• Main Authors: GUDZINSKI, GREGORY, REESE IV, RICHARD GRIFFITH, OBEROI, HARINDER, BARRICK, KEVIN MARION, HU, YUANXIN CHARLES, FINDLAY, MELISSA ANN, GEROSA, ALFREDO JOSE, SARH, BRANKO, MILLER, JEFFREY LAWRENCE, STOJANOSKI, VANCO, KOZAK, MICHAEL J, ARRIAGA, JORGE ALBERTO, DRAPER, ALAN S, DO, QUANG T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.01.2016
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; COSMONAUTICS; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

A method and apparatus for performing an assembly operation. A tool may be macro-positioned relative to an exterior of a fuselage assembly. The tool may be micro-positioned relative to a particular location on the exterior of the fuselage assembly. An assembly operation may be performed at the particular location on the panel using the tool.