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New Jig Mounted Wing Panel Riveters, AERAC 2
Technical Paper
2009-01-3089
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Electroimpact revisited a piece of automation history this year. In 1989, Electroimpact delivered its first ever Automated Electromagnetic Riveting and Assembly Cell or A.E.R.A.C. to Textron Aero Structures, now Vought Aircraft Industries. These machines produce upper wing panels for Airbus A330/340 aircraft. They were the precursor to the Low Voltage Electromagnetic Riveters or LVER's producing wing panels for Airbus single isle, A340 and A380 programs in Broughton, Wales, UK. In 2009, Electroimpact delivered two next generation AERAC machines to Vought Aircraft Industries. A significant design challenge was to hold the moving mass for the entire machine under 5220 kg without sacrificing performance of the LVER. These machines employ several new technologies to achieve this including Electroimpact's latest generation rivet injector, an integrated headstone load cell, and GE Fanuc's customer board. The new rivet injector grips the rivet axially and maintains positive control of the rivet from magazine to panel. PC based auxiliary controllers have been eliminated with the customer board.
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Hogan, S., Smith, S., Rediger, J., Hogan, D. et al., "New Jig Mounted Wing Panel Riveters, AERAC 2," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-3089, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-3089.Also In
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- Rivet Quality in Robotic Installation, John Hartmann, Peter Zieve 1989 SME Fastec paper number AD89-640
- Compact HH-553 Handheld Riveter, Zory Taskar, Brian Tocco, Isao Uetake 2008 SAE Aerofast, paper number 08 FAS 0014