(19)
(11) EP 3 922 567 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
09.03.2022 Bulletin 2022/10

(43) Date of publication:
15.12.2021 Bulletin 2021/50

(21) Application number: 20315302.8

(22) Date of filing: 11.06.2020
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B64F 5/10(2017.01)
F16B 5/00(2006.01)
 G05B 19/418(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B64F 5/10; F16B 5/00; G05B 2219/32359; G05B 2219/36201; G05B 2219/37199
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(71) Applicants:
  • Airbus SAS
    31700 Blagnac (FR)
  • Airbus Operations Ltd.
    Filton, Bristol BS99 7AR (GB)
  • Airbus Operations GmbH
    21129 Hamburg (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bourbon, Pierre-Alexandre
    21129 Hamburg (DE)
  • Shivhare, Neelam
    31700 Blagnac Cedex (FR)
  • Lam, Diem Huynh
    21129 Hamburg (DE)
  • Forster, Kevin
    Bristol, BS99 7AR (GB)
  • Booth, Andrew
    31700 Blagnac Cedex (FR)
  • Munro, Dirk
    21129 Hamburg (DE)

(74) Representative: Cabinet Le Guen Maillet 
3, impasse de la Vigie CS 71840
35418 Saint-Malo Cedex
35418 Saint-Malo Cedex (FR)

   


(54) METHOD FOR JOINING TWO PIECES


(57) The invention relates to a method for joining two pieces (10a-b) and comprises a manufacturing of the first piece (10a) with holes (20a) and of the second piece (10b), a virtual mapping of each piece (10a-b) is stored in a system, a creation by the system of a virtual assembly, a Monte Carlo simulation is realized by the system until a predictive fit reaches a set condition to find the position of the holes (20b) of the second piece (1 Ob), a drilling of said holes (20b) in the second piece (10b), and an assembly and fixation of the two pieces (10a-b).