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US 12,697,655 B2

Method and machining system for machining an aircraft structural component

US 12,697,655 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Broetje-Automation GmbH. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
Broetje-Automation GmbH
Inventors
Dirk Eickhorst
Publication date
2026-08-04
Filing date
2023-11-02
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,697,655 B2 · US12697655 · 12697655

Abstract

Method for machining an aircraft structural component using a machining system, the machining system having a drilling unit and a riveting unit, a manufacturing process controller for actuating the components of the machining system, an optical sensor and a projection unit. The method comprising the steps of: projecting a pattern by the projection unit onto a machining point with a rivet element inserted into a drill hole of the machining point, detecting the machining point including the projection of the pattern by the sensor and generating corresponding detection data by the sensor, evaluat…

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