Claims
- 1. A method of removing first and second mandrels from the channels of a composite I-beam comprising the steps of:
- (a) supporting a stringer assembly on a longitudinal platform, said stringer assembly comprising a composite I-beam and a pair of mandrels, one mandrel located in each channel of the composite I-beam;
- (b) clamping one side of the stringer assembly to said longitudinal platform; then
- (c) partially removing the mandrel from the side of stringer assembly remote from the side clamped to said longitudinal platform thereby loosening said mandrel; then
- (d) clamping the side of the stringer assembly with the loosened mandrel to said longitudinal platform; then
- (e) unclamping said one clamped side of the stringer assembly from said platform; then
- (f) fully removing the mandrel from said one side of the stringer assembly; then
- (g) clamping the side of the stringer assembly from which the mandrel has been fully removed to the longitudinal platform; then
- (h) unclamping the side of the stringer assembly with the loosened mandrel from said platform; and
- (i) fully removing the loosened mandrel from the stringer assembly.
- 2. The method of claim 1 including reinserting the loosened mandrel prior to the side of the stringer assembly with the loosened mandrel being clamped to the longitudinal platform.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of the prior application Ser. No. 08/300,107, filed on Sep. 2, 1994, and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,502,886 of Donald A. Jensen et al. for COMPOSITE STRINGER DISASSEMBLY MACHINE, the benefit of the filing date of which is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.120.
US Referenced Citations (6)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Divisions (1)
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