SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING, HANDLING AND REMOVING TOOLS FOR MANUFACTURING AERONAUTICAL COMPONENTS

摘要

The invention is applicable especially to the manufacture of skins (1) of aircraft wings which incorporate carbon-fibre stringers (3) which are bonded together during autoclave polymerization. The tool segments (4) used are defined by angle members (5, 6) which reproduce the geometry of the stringer (3) and the corresponding horizontal wing of the T-shaped section thereof. The angle members (5, 6) include at the top a pair of teeth (7) for gripping by the grippers (9) of a head-piece (10) connected to a spherical robot device (11) with a six-axis articulated arm. The angle members (5, 6) are made of INVAR-36 material and include on their surfaces which make contact with the skin (1) respective sealing strips (14), a further strip (16) also being provided on their surfaces making mutual contact.