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Facility for assembling two aircraft fuselage sections

An aircraft and segment technology, applied in aircraft assembly, fuselage, aircraft parts, etc., can solve the problems of complex, long-term and inflexible assembly facilities

Pending Publication Date: 2022-04-12
AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
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[0005] In such cases, assembly facilities are often complex as the large dimensions require the provision of lifting machines and / or overhead mobile cranes in sheltered facilities to enable the sections intended for assembly to be moved to associated assembly station
[0006] The installation of such facilities involves dimensioning the lifting machines and overhead mobile cranes, which takes a long time and is therefore not very flexible

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[0044] exist figure 1 Among them, an aircraft 1 has a fuselage 2 having an overall cylindrical shape and comprising a central section 3 carrying two wings, this central section is extended by a front section 4 and a rear section 6, the front and rear extensions being opposite in the direction of forward movement of the aircraft during operation.

[0045] Generally, sections of the fuselage are received separately at the assembly yard and then transported to a covered assembly facility having a floor, such as a hangar or the like, on which the different components move.

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[0047] exist figure 2 , the central section 3 is supported by a transport trolley 7 designed to transport the central section into the facility. This trolley comprises a tubular chassis 8 of overall "U" shape, the base 9 of which is positioned near the front of section 3, and the branches 11 and 12 of the tubular chassis extend on either side of section 3, the ends of these branche...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a facility for assembling a first aircraft fuselage section (3) and a second aircraft fuselage section (4, 6) via the edges of the ends thereof, comprising: a logistics trolley (19) movable on said floor and fixable in position to carry said first section, at least one adjustable support (42, 58), the at least one adjustable support is mounted in another position on the floor, adjustable in six degrees of freedom to carry the second section (4, 6). Each support (42, 58) may be commanded to adjust the position of the second section (4, 6) relative to the first section (3) so as to position one end of the second section (4, 6) with geometric consistency with one end of the first section (3). This arrangement enables all movements to proceed directly on the floor, eliminating the need to set up a lifting machine or overhead mobile crane within the assembly facility.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a plant for the assembly of two aircraft fuselage sections, and more particularly to the assembly of two aircraft fuselage sections to form a complete aircraft fuselage in a plant carrying out final assembly operations. Background technique [0002] The fuselage of the aircraft has various sections, usually substantially cylindrical, which are manufactured separately and then transported to an assembly yard for assembly to build the entire fuselage. [0003] In practice, the segments are stored in an external storage area and must be transported to a sheltered assembly facility where the segments must be precisely positioned relative to each other for assembly. [0004] In the case of commercial aircraft, the fuselage sections to be assembled are very large, so assembly requires precise handling and positioning of relatively delicate sections. [0005] In such cases, assembly facilities are often complex as the large d...

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IPC IPC(8): B64F5/10B64F5/50
CPCB64F5/50B64F5/10B64C1/069
Inventor 让-马克·达塔斯雅克·布里凯尼古拉斯·达尔邦维尔安德烈·阿奎拉弗洛里安·科拉多塞德里克·戈达尔
Owner AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
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