Loxin

Technologies

DRILLING AERONAUTIC FUSELAGES

From the very beginning, LOXIN has been involved in important drilling projects for the Aeronautic sector. Wing Box (Front and Rear Spars, Ribs, Stringers), Movables (Elevator, Rudder), and Fuselage (Skin panels and Stringers Assembly). LOXIN has paid much attention to developping the technology necessary to assure the highest tolerances on the countersinkings. To achieve this, two main factors are essential:

LOXIN Drilling Tool holder (patented)

Electronic devices (Artificial Vision, Laser) to assure the orthogonality between tool and part surface and reducing tool approaching time    

 

RIVETING COMPOSITE SANDWICHES

To enlarge the acces to most complex projects, beyond drilling, LOXIN has paid much attention to developping Automatic End Effectors that allow fast and automatic drilling of various types of compound layers (Composite, Aluminium, Titanium, etc.).  These processes have a number of characteristics in which  the combination of "Tricept" and "Automatic End Effectors" provide optimum solutions. These charateristics are:

* Several operations to be made at the same point (drilling, countersinking, mastic sealant, measurement, riveting,   etc.)

* Short execution time of the sub-processes

This is why the Tricept allows a fast and accurate positioning of the End Effector, placing each one of the effectors over the drilling hole. In these local movements around the drilling point there are not necessary movements of the structural main parts of the machine (rams, columns, tables) which never can be as agil and fast as the Tricept positioning.

 

FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW)

This Technology is a very promissing developing area for Tricept integration on Gantry Type LOXIN machines. The special caracteristics of the Tricept  allows high accuracy positioning and is able (at the same time) to withstand the strong forces necessary in all the F.S.W. processes.

 

Railways Wagons Boxes Machining

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