Surface machining device for a cellular structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9446459-B2
Application number	US-201514691661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2014
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A device for machining a slot on a surface of a cellular structure includes a machining head that includes a chassis, a rotary tool rotating about a tool axis perpendicular to the direction of the slot, two guide wheels arranged on either side of the rotary tool that have a plurality of teeth configured and positioned such that they penetrate the cells of an alignment of the cellular structure. The machining head includes a link between the chassis and at least one guide wheel that enables a degree of freedom in a lateral direction parallel to the tool axis such that the guide wheel is movable in relation to the rotary tool in the lateral direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for machining a slot in a surface of a cellular structure that includes a plurality of cells arranged along alignments, the slot being oriented in a direction corresponding to a first cell alignment, said device comprising:
a machining head including a chassis;
a rotary tool rotating about a tool axis perpendicular to the direction of the slot;
a first guide wheel arranged to one side of the rotary tool;
a second guide wheel arranged to…

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• De Mattia Denis

Classifications

• Y10T409/306496

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B23C2220/40

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B23C5/16

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B23Q1/42

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B23C2220/36

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic