The present invention provides an automated clamp for clamping a rib web to a rib strut or a rib foot of an aircraft wing box, the clamp comprising: a clamp frame having a first arm and a second arm extending from a base of the clamp frame, the second arm being movable toward and away from the first arm; a robot end effector connector coupled to the clamp frame; a clamp jaw including a first jaw secured at a distal end of the first arm and a second jaw secured at a distal end of the second arm, the clamp jaw configured to clamp the rib web to the rib strut or to clamp the rib web to the rib foot; the first jaw and/or the second jaw comprises a contact standardization system comprising: a jaw body fixed relative to a respective arm; and a nose rotatably coupled to the jaw body and configured to contact a surface of one of the rib web, the rib strut, and the rib foot, where the nose is configured to passively rotate relative to the jaw body when in contact with the surface.
本发明提供了一种自动化夹具,其用于将肋腹板夹持至飞行器翼盒的肋支柱或肋支脚,该夹具包括:夹具框架,其具有从夹具框架的基部延伸的第一臂和第二臂,第二臂可以朝向和背离第一臂移动;自动机械端部执行器连接器,其联接至夹具框架;夹具卡爪,其包括固定在第一臂的远端部处的第一卡爪和固定在第二臂的远端部处的第二卡爪,夹具卡爪构造成将肋腹板夹持至肋支柱或者将肋腹板夹持至肋支脚;第一卡爪和/或第二卡爪包括接触标准化系统,其包括:卡爪本体,其相对于相应的臂固定;以及鼻状件,其以可旋转的方式联接至卡爪本体,并且构造成接触肋腹板、肋支柱和肋支脚中的一者的表面,其中,鼻状件构造成在与表面接触时相对于卡爪本体被动地旋转。
Automatic clamp
自动化夹具
2024-08-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
Chinese