An indexing apparatus (100) includes a fixture tool (102), movable relative to an operation cell (106), and an indexing feature (104), fixed relative to the fixture tool (102). The indexing apparatus also includes a plurality of probes (202), configured to engage the indexing feature (104). The indexing apparatus further includes a controller (110), in communication with the plurality of probes, wherein the controller is configured to locate the fixture tool relative to the operation cell from a plurality of probe locations of the plurality of probes, engaged with the indexing feature.
INDEXING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INDEXING
INDEXIERVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM INDEXIEREN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ D'INDEXATION
25.05.2022
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B23P Sonstige Metallbearbeitung , OTHER WORKING OF METAL / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL |