An indexing apparatus includes a fixture tool (102), movable relative to an operation cell (106), and an indexing feature (104), fixed relative to the fixture tool. The indexing apparatus also includes a sensor (184), configured to detect the indexing feature. The indexing apparatus further includes a controller (110), in communication with the sensor. The controller is configured to locate the fixture tool relative to the operation cell from an indexing-feature location (116) of the indexing feature, identified by the sensor.
INDEXING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INDEXING
INDEXIERVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM INDEXIEREN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ D'INDEXATION
2022-05-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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 |