ADAPTABLE SURFACE TREATMENT REPAIR SYSTEM

A surface treatment repair assembly for applying a surface treatment to a contoured surface (52) includes an attachment device (50) configured to removably attach to the contoured surface and a robotic unit (48) is coupled to the attachment device. Furthermore, a treating unit (76) is operably mount...

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Hauptverfasser:	MORIARTY, Bennett M, BIONDICH, Kyle S, TRUMBO, Ryan M, KERR, Caitlin E, SPALDING, John F, HOEHN, Justin T, VASA, Dhananjay B, MELLIN, Matthew H, ENG, Raymond C, ARTHUR, Shane E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL ATOMISING APPARATUS AVIATION CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HAND TOOLS HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME LINING MACHINES MANIPULATORS NOZZLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS PRINTING PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS SPRAYING APPARATUS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL STAMPS TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS
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Zusammenfassung:	A surface treatment repair assembly for applying a surface treatment to a contoured surface (52) includes an attachment device (50) configured to removably attach to the contoured surface and a robotic unit (48) is coupled to the attachment device. Furthermore, a treating unit (76) is operably mounted on the robotic unit and including a plurality of applicator heads (78) forming a treatment array (80) and each applicator head is configured to apply a surface repair treatment. At least one sensor (86) is mounted on the treating unit and configured to identify a target area (90) for the surface repair treatment and a controller (92) is operably coupled to the robotic unit and the treating unit. The controller is programmed to control a movement of the robotic unit to position the treatment array adjacent to the target area and to selectively operate the treatment array to apply the surface repair treatment on the target area of the contoured surface.