Patent ID: 8171615

Claim:
Machine ( 1 ) for fitting fasteners of the rivet type, onto aircraft fuselage or subassembly components ( 100 ), comprising a working head ( 2 ) and a displacement assembly ( 3 ) for moving this working head ( 2 ), characterized in that: the displacement assembly ( 3 ) allows the working head ( 2 ) to be moved in five or six axes, namely three translational movements along the three Cartesian axes X, Y and Z, and two or three pivoting options, this displacement assembly ( 3 ) comprising a beam ( 3 ) parallel to the Z-axis, at the end of which beam the said working head ( 2 ) is mounted with the said two or three pivoting options: the displacement assembly ( 3 ) thus allows the working head ( 2 ) to be positioned along a working axis that corresponds to the axis for fitting a fastener; the working head ( 2 ) comprises several tools ( 30 , 33 ) for performing the various operations involved in fitting a fastener, the several tools including a drilling tool ( 30 ), a countersinking tool ( 30 ) and a tool ( 33 ) for actually fitting the fastener; these tools ( 30 , 33 ) can each be moved in turn between a rest position and working position situated on the said working axis; in this working position, each tool ( 30 , 33 ) can move translationally along the working axis, between a retracted standby position and a deployed position; the working head ( 2 ) also comprises a bearing piece ( 22 ) mounted on the working head ( 2 ) and able to move translationally with respect to this working head ( 2 ) along the working axis; this bearing piece ( 22 ) is intended to come to bear against the components ( 100 ) that are to be assembled and comprises a buffer region ( 44 ) with which the drilling and countersinking tools ( 30 ) come into contact as they move from their retracted positions into their deployed positions, this contact determining the fully deployed position of these tools ( 30 ).