Device for trimming to a net shape the edge of a metal skin
US4761884A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23Q35/105
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A metal skin trimming device which cuts an edge of a first metal skin to a net shape that is complementary to the edge of a second metal skin that has been previously attached to a frame, such as the airframe of an aircraft fuselage. A guide carried by the device is adjustable to set the gap that will appear between the edges of the first and second metal skins when they are attached as by riveting to the airframe.
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