Machinery system intended for the manipulation of at least one upper module and/or at least one lower module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10967988-B2
Application number	US-201816167828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2018
Priority date	Oct 24, 2017
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

The machinery system comprises an arm having an upper fixing device arranged to fix to the arm at least one upper module to be manipulated in an upper plane and a lower fixing device arranged to fix to the arm at least one lower module to be manipulated in a lower plane; a first securing device of the arm configured to control the positioning of the arm; the arm being mounted cantilever-fashion on the first securing device. The machinery system makes it possible to at least halve the manipulation time for two modules by virtue of the arm mounted cantilever-fashion, to which two modules can be fixed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile machinery system configured for a manipulation, on a displacement surface, of at least one upper module and at least one lower module to be introduced into a housing, comprising:
an arm having an upper fixing device arranged to fix to the arm, in an upper plane, the at least one upper module to be manipulated, and
a lower fixing device arranged to fix to the arm, in a lower plane, the at least one lower module to be manipulated,
the arm being configured to be introduced into the housing with the at least one upper module and the at least one lower module;

a first securing device of the arm configured to control the positioning of the arm; and
the arm being mounted on the first securing device forming a cantilever.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first securing device comprises a hexapod platform on which the arm is mounted.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the arm comprises:
a central part,
a second securing device configured to fix the lower fixing device to the central part, and
a third securing device configured to fix the upper fixing device to the central part.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the second securing device comprises a first plurality of actuators and the third securing device comprises a second plurality of actuators.

5. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising at least one inclination sensor configured to generate signals representative of at least one of an inclination of the upper plane or of the lower plane relative to the displacement surface, the first securing device, or the pluralities of actuators being arranged to control the inclination of the upper plane and of the lower plane relative to the displacement surface based on signals representative of the inclination of the upper plane and of the lower plane relative to the displacement surface.

6. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
at least one deformation sensor configured to generate signals representative of the deformation of at least one of the at least one lower module fixed to the lower fixing device or of the at least one upper module fixed to the upper fixing device,
the first plurality of actuators being arranged to adjust a geometry of the at least one lower module fixed to the lower fixing device based on the signals representative of a deformation of the at least one lower module fixed to the lower fixing device,
the second plurality of actuators being arranged to adjust a geometry of the at least one upper module fixed to the upper fixing device based on the signals representative of a deformation of the at least one upper module fixed to the upper fixing device.

7. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the lower fixing device comprises a grating fixed to the central part of the arm by the second plurality of actuators, the grating being configured to fix the at least one lower module to be manipulated.

8. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the upper fixing device comprises a plurality of supports fixed to the central part of the arm by the first plurality of actuators, the plurality of supports being configured to fix the at least one upper modules to be manipulated.

9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one distance sensor configured to generate signals representative of a distance between at least one of the at least one upper module or the at least one lower module fixed to the arm or the machinery system and the housing, a rolling device and the first securing device being arranged to control the positioning of at least one of the at least one lower module or the at least one upper module relative to the housing to insert the at least one upper or lower module into the housing.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the arm comprises a walkway configured to receive at least one operator.

11. A method for using the machinery system according to claim 1 to introduce at least one of the at least one upper module or the at least one lower module into the housing to be fixed in the housing, the method comprising at least one of the following two steps:
fixing the at least one upper module to the arm, in the upper plane, by the upper fixing device;
fixing the at least one lower module to the arm, in the lower plane, by the lower fixing device;
the method also comprising at least one step of positioning of the arm by the first securing device to introduce the at least one upper or lower module into the housing.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising at least one of a step of adjusting a geometry of the at least one lower module by a second securing device using a first plurality of actuators or a step of adjusting a geometry of the at least one upper module by a third securing device using a second plurality of actuators.

13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
displacing the machinery system by a rolling device so that the machinery system is brought to an entry of the housing;
introducing and aligning the at least one upper or lower module comprising aligning the at least one upper or lower module relative to the housing using the first securing device and introducing the at least one upper or lower module using the rolling device.

14. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
positioning in the housing the at least one upper or lower module, and
fixing in the housing the at least one upper or lower module.

15. A mobile machinery system configured for a manipulation, on a displacement surface, of at least one upper module and at least one lower module to be introduced into a housing, comprising:
an arm having an upper fixing device arranged to fix to the arm, in an upper plane, the at least one upper module to be manipulated;
a lower fixing device arranged to fix to the arm, in a lower plane, the at least one lower module to be manipulated, the arm being configured to be introduced into the housing with the at least one upper module and the at least one lower module;
a first securing device of the arm configured to control the positioning of the arm, the arm being mounted on the first securing device forming a cantilever; and
a rolling device for the machinery system configured to displace and guide the machinery system on the displacement surface, the first securing device of the arm being mounted between the arm and the rolling device.

Assignees

• Airbus Sas

Inventors

• Brindeau Jean-Mickael
• Aquila André

Classifications

• B64C1/18

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• B64D2221/00

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• B64F5/10 Primary

  Manufacturing or assembling aircraft, e.g. jigs therefor · CPC title

• B66C19/00

  Cranes comprising trolleys or crabs running on fixed or movable bridges or gantries (B66C17/00 takes precedence; base supporting structures with legs B66C5/00; jib cranes B66C23/00) · CPC title

• B64F5/50

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title