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EP1172462A1 - Einspannvorrichtung, Verfahren und Apparat zur Oberflächenbehandlung eines auf der Einspannvorrichtung befestigten Teiles - Google Patents

Einspannvorrichtung, Verfahren und Apparat zur Oberflächenbehandlung eines auf der Einspannvorrichtung befestigten Teiles Download PDF

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EP1172462A1
EP1172462A1 EP00305926A EP00305926A EP1172462A1 EP 1172462 A1 EP1172462 A1 EP 1172462A1 EP 00305926 A EP00305926 A EP 00305926A EP 00305926 A EP00305926 A EP 00305926A EP 1172462 A1 EP1172462 A1 EP 1172462A1
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  • the present invention relates to a jig and a method of and apparatus for applying a surface treatment to a member on the jig.
  • the invention is primarily but not exclusively concerned with a jig used in the anodising and painting of an elongate member such as a wing stringer for an aircraft.
  • Anodisation is a process by which a hard non-corroding oxide film is deposited on a material such as aluminium or light alloy to protect against corrosion. It is achieved by making the material the anode in an electrolytic cell containing chromic (VI) or sulphuric acid and during anodisation an oxide film is deposited on the surface of the material.
  • aluminium and light alloy members In the aerospace industry, it is common for aluminium and light alloy members to be anodised prior to use in an aircraft so that the members will not be susceptible to oxidisation when the aircraft is in service.
  • wing stringers of an aircraft are mounted on an anodising jig.
  • the anodising jig comprises a hanger having two downwardly depending beams connected to it.
  • Each of the downwardly depending beams carries an identical metal tree mounting which consists of a vertical hanger and a plurality of horizontal supports extending therefrom.
  • the horizontal supports are grouped into oppositely directed pairs which are spaced apart along the length of the hanger. All the supports of one tree mounting lie in the same plane.
  • the supports of the other tree mounting are similarly arranged and lie in a plane parallel with that of the one tree mounting.
  • Each support of one tree mounting has a corresponding support on the other tree mounting at the same level.
  • a free end of each support has an upward projection, and upper surfaces of the supports are covered with an insulating material.
  • This type of mounting is termed a "Christmas tree" mounting.
  • a wing stringer is placed on the anodising jig so that part of the wing stringer is supported on one support of the first tree mounting and another part of the wing stringer is supported on a corresponding support of the second tree mounting.
  • the insulating covering prevents direct contact between the wing stringers and the supports.
  • Additional wing stringers are placed on adjacent empty supports in a similar manner.
  • the upward projections on the supports prevent the wing stringers from sliding off the supports.
  • the stringers can be further secured by tying for example with nylon string.
  • Each of the wing stringers has a tooling tang at one of its ends, and the wing stringers are arranged on the jig so that all of the tooling tangs are arranged generally adjacent each other on the same side of one tree mounting.
  • a rigid electrical contact of serpentine form has spaced apart clamps connected thereto along its length in positions corresponding to the tooling tangs of all the wing stringers on the jig.
  • the tooling tang of each wing stringer is positioned in its corresponding clamp with flat surfaces of each tooling tang in contact with a flat surface of the rigid electrical contact and a flat surface of the associated clamp.
  • the clamps of the electrical contact are tightened and the electrical contact is made ready for connection to a power supply.
  • the anodising jig is lowered into a tank of chromic acid solution and an electrical current provided by the power supply is passed through the electrical contact to the wing stringers.
  • the wing stringers act as the anode and the tank chromic acid solution deposits an anodic film on the surface of the stringers.
  • the anodising jig is removed from the tank.
  • the electrical contact is then unclamped from the tooling tangs of the wing stringers and the wing stringers are removed from the jig.
  • a problem with the known anodising method is the time taken to individually clamp and unclamp the electrical contact to each wing stringer.
  • An aim of the invention is to provide an improved jig suitable for use in the surface treatment of an elongate member, such as a wing stringer.
  • a jig for holding an elongate member to be surface treated comprising a beam and a plurality of hangers spaced apart along the beam, the hanger having respective supports thereon which are arranged to receive the elongate member and which provide a resilient grip for holding the member in position.
  • an elongate member to be surface treated can be manually positioned on the supports and held in position on the jig by the resilient grip without other forms of clamp.
  • each support may comprise a resilient clip which grips the elongate member.
  • the support may comprise a holder for the elongate member and a resilient member for retaining the elongate member against the holder.
  • the support primarily when in the form of resilient clips, actually provides an electrical contact by means of which electric current can pass, in use, between the holders and the elongate member. Therefore, the electric current is passed through the same means as that used to support the elongate member.
  • the resilient clip is preferably of such a design as to support the component whilst permitting adequate conduction of electric current and, at the same time, presenting the minimum area capable of masking the elongate member during post anodising operations, such as painting.
  • Three or more hangers may be mounted on the beam at spaced apart positions so that the supports will, in use provide support for the elongate member at several places along its length.
  • each clip preferably comprises two spaced apart arms. At least one of said arms may be moveable resiliently with respect to the other to provide a clipping action.
  • the two arms of each resilient clip define a mouth.
  • the mouth of each clip provides an entry into the clip to enable said part of the elongate member to be surface treated to be inserted easily into the clip.
  • the mouth faces upwardly whereby the said part of the elongate member can be inserted, from above, with the assistance of gravity, into each resilient clip.
  • upper ends of the arms of each resilient clip are preferably inclined away from each other so that the mouth is of increasing width from a relatively narrower part of the clip in which the elongate member is to be gripped when fully inserted in the clip.
  • the elongate member such as a wing stringer can be rested in the mouth of each resilient clip prior to full insertion in the clip. Therefore, the position of the elongate member can be adjusted longitudinally relative to the jig by sliding it while resting in the mouths of the clips. Once in the correct position, each clip can be manipulated to allow the elongate member to be fully inserted and gripped in the clips.
  • one arm only of each resilient clip is movable resiliently relative to the other, the other being relatively immovable.
  • the operative can use one hand to move the said one arm to open the clip while using the other hand to insert or guide the elongate member into the resilient clip.
  • the resilience of the clip can be effected by spring means acting on one of the arms.
  • the said one arm may be connected to a support for the clip through the spring means.
  • the spring means is provided by forming part of the said one arm as a coil spring.
  • At least one of the arms may define a notch in which the elongate member is to be located for gripping by the clip.
  • both arms of each clip have respective notches preferably at opposing positions.
  • Both arms of each resilient clip preferably have arcuate surfaces for gripping contact with the elongate member.
  • the jig preferably further comprises a plurality of supplemental supports.
  • Each of the supplemental supports is preferably in the form of a pillar in the region of each resilient clip.
  • the pillar is preferably arranged between the arms of the resilient clip and helps to support the elongate member when the latter is gripped by the clip. In that way, the supplemental supports can bear some of the weight of a heavy member and thus reduce stress on the resilient clips themselves.
  • each of the supports is in the form of a holder and resilient member
  • the holder may provide a narrow section which provides virtually point or line contact between the support and the elongate member, with the aforementioned advantages.
  • the holder may be of V-shape and be arranged to receive the elongate member in the Vee. Edges of the V-shape may be narrowed to provide the said point or line contact.
  • the resilient member of the support may comprise a resilient arm which is arranged to contact the elongate member and urge it against a surface such as a surface of the holder.
  • the resilient member may be arranged to urge the elongate member to one side of the Vee, preferably against an abutment. If desired, the abutment may also have a narrow section to provide virtually point or line contact between itself and the elongate member.
  • each of the supports is in the form of a holder and resilient member
  • an electrical contact may be provided for attachment to each elongate member to enable electrical current to pass through the elongate member.
  • the vertical positions of the supports on their respective hangers is preferably adjustable.
  • the supports may be slidable vertically on the associated hanger and lockable in a desired adjusted position.
  • the jig is used to support elongate members to be anodised.
  • the beam, the hangers and the supports may all be of conductive material to allow electric current introduced to the beam of the jig and pass through the supports to the elongate member.
  • the beam is made of aluminium and provides good electrical current conduction whilst keeping weight down to a minimum.
  • the beam which helps give the jig structural rigidity, remains out of solution and does not become anodised.
  • the jig is adapted so that between two and four supports are provided for each elongate member. In such a case, an elongate member to be anodised receives sufficient support while maintaining only a low number of contact points between the supports and the member.
  • the beam may have hook-like members spaced apart along the beam which are engageable with a lifting bar of a crane.
  • the lifting bar can be lowered so as to engage in the hook-like members and then raised so as to lift the jig for transport between desired treatment stations for the elongate member on the jig.
  • Each hook-like member may be shaped somewhat like an upwardly pointing arrow head in vertical cross section having a shank attached at its lower end to the beam and a barb at its upper end defining an undercut for locating on the bar of the crane.
  • the barb defines two undercuts one on each side of the shank.
  • the jig can be picked up using an undercut on one side and then put down on a suitable support which locates in the undercut on the other side. Therefore, the elongate members do not need to be put down in a rack for example thereby minimising the risk of contamination.
  • wing stringers Normally, it is desirable to paint wing stringers after they have been anodised sufficiently.
  • the prior art jig described on page 1 hereof is not suitable for use when painting the wing stringers as the large surface to surface contact between the supports and the wing stringers prevents paint from being applied to a significant part of the surface of the wing stringers. Instead, the wing stringers are removed from that jig and individually painted, which is inconvenient. Thereafter the jig needs to be de-anodised before it can be used again.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide a more efficient way of applying a surface treatment and paint to an elongate member.
  • the jig may form part of apparatus comprising a surface treatment station for treating the elongate member by an electrolytic process, a painting station, a first crane for transporting the jig to the surface treatment station and a second crane for transporting the jig with the surface treated elongate member thereon to the painting station.
  • apparatus for applying a surface treatment and paint to an elongate member comprising a jig having a support for carrying an elongate member to be surface treated and painted, a surface treatment station for treating the elongate member by an electrolytic process, a painting station, a first crane for transporting the jig to the surface treatment station and a second crane for transporting the jig with the surface treated elongate member thereon to the painting station.
  • the paint will be applied substantially to the entire elongate member leaving only the areas of point or line contact to be painted manually after removal of the elongate members from the jig.
  • the invention is, therefore, particularly advantageous as it enables the same jig to be used for both line anodising and painting processes without having to handle the elongate members between the anodising and painting stages. Paint removal from the jig can be achieved simultaneously with removal of a thin anodised coating from the jig, if it is made of titanium.
  • a location device may be provided for locating the beam in a desired horizontal position relative to the tank.
  • the location device may have features of the location device described below in relation to the surface treatment of a panel.
  • the apparatus is in the form of an installation which is computer controlled.
  • the jig may comprise a jig in accordance with the first aspect of the invention or any of the subsidiary clauses relating thereto.
  • a method of applying a surface treatment and paint to an elongate member comprising the steps of providing a jig for carrying an elongate member to be surface treated and painted, mounting the elongate member to be surface treated on the jig, immersing the jig and elongate member in an electrolyte at a surface treatment station, introducing an electrical current to the jig so as to surface treat the elongate member, removing the jig from the electrolyte, transferring the jig with the treated elongate member thereon to a painting station, applying paint to the elongate member on the jig, removing the jig from the painting station and removing the painted elongate member from the jig.
  • the elongate member is painted without removing it from the jig between the surface treatment and painting stations leading to a more efficient way of reaching the painting stage.
  • the method may involve using a first crane to transport the jig to the surface treatment station and a second crane to transport the jig to the painting station.
  • Each crane may have a lifting bar which is engageable with hook-like members.
  • the method may comprise using the lifting bar of the first crane to locate beneath hook-like members of the jig and to lift and transport the jig to the surface treatment station and then using the lifting bar of the second crane to locate beneath the hook-like members after the lifting bar of the first crane has been detached therefrom to enable the second crane to lift the jig after the elongate member thereon has been surface treated and to transport the jig to the painting station.
  • the method may comprise using a jig in accordance with the first aspect of the invention or any of the subsidiary clauses relating thereto.
  • a jig of known kind comprises a horizontal beam and aluminium straps depending therefrom.
  • a panel is bolted to the straps.
  • a crane lifts the jig into a tank of Chromic acid solution and the panel is anodised using the method described above.
  • Another aim of the invention is to provide improved apparatus for use in the surface treatment of a panel.
  • apparatus for use in the surface treatment of a panel comprising a beam having an upwardly projecting lifting member for location beneath a hook-like member which, in use, is attached to the panel, a treatment tank into which the panel is to be lowered and a location device for locating the beam in a desired horizontal position relative to the hook-like member.
  • the location device preferably comprises a horizontally moveable member which is moveable so as to clamp the hook-like member against a part of the beam.
  • two of said horizontally moveable members are provided which are arranged to move towards each other to clamp the hook-like member against the part of the beam.
  • electric current passes, in use, through the beam and from the beam preferably through the hook-like member to the panel.
  • the aforesaid clamping of the hook-like member against the said part of the beam helps to maintain good electrical contact between the beam and the hook-like member.
  • a jig 10 comprises a metal beam 12 and a plurality of hangers 14 depending from it.
  • the hangers 14 are similar in length and hang parallel with each other in the same plane A (see Figure 4)
  • a secondary beam 16 is arranged beneath the beam 12 and is secured to the hangers 14 to ensure that the hangers 14 remain parallel.
  • the metal beam 12 has two upwardly facing double-sided hooks known as arrows 18 fastened to opposite ends.
  • each of the arrows 18 has a shank 20 attached at its lower end to the beam 12 and having a barb 22 at its upper end, the barb 22 having a dome-like upper surface 24 and defining a pair of undercuts 26.
  • a gantry crane 28 carries a lifting bar 30 which is locatable in the undercuts 22 of the arrows 18 in a manner described below.
  • each hanger 14 comprises a pair of parallel titanium bars 32a, 32b spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the metal beam 12 by spacers (not shown) to define a passage 34 therebetween.
  • Each hanger 14 carries one or more supports 36 which project outwardly from the hanger and are spaced apart in the vertical direction. In the embodiment shown in Figure 3, the supports 36 project from both sides of the hangers 14. Normally, the supports 36 on one hanger 14 will correspond in position with the supports 36 on the other hangers 14.
  • Each support 36 includes carries a resilient clip 38 which comprises a first arm 40 and a second arm 42.
  • the first arm 40 is bent to form a coil spring 41 which has a free end 43 attached to the associated support 36.
  • the first arm 40 can be moved resiliently away from the second arm 42 against the bias of the coil spring 41.
  • the second arm 42 extends rigidly upwardly from the support 36 and is substantially immovable relative to the first arm 40.
  • Each of the arms 40, 42 has an upper section 44 as viewed in the drawings, the upper sections 44 being bent away from the other to define a mouth 45 which defines an entry into the resilient clip 38.
  • the arms 40, 42 are also bent to form opposing notches 46.
  • the resilient clips 38 on one hanger 14 are positioned to corresponding with the positions of a resilient clips 38 on the same side of each of the other hangers 14.
  • Each support 36 extends from a mounting plate 48 on one side of its hanger 14.
  • the plate 48 has an aperture (not shown) towards its upper edge.
  • a clamping plate 50 has side flanges 52 which overlap the edges of its hanger 14 and is formed with a screw threaded aperture (not shown).
  • the mounting plate 48 and clamping plate 50 are positioned on opposite sides of their hanger 14 so as to align their respective apertures.
  • a fastener such as a bolt 54 is then passed through the aperture in the mounting plate 48, through the passage 34 and is screwed into the screw-threaded aperture in the clamping plate 50.
  • the operative then releases the arm 40 to allow the clip 38 to grip edges of a lower flange 57 of the wing stringer 56.
  • the clip 38 can be sprung open by a applying a downward force to the part of the wing stringer 56 in the mouth 45 so as to cause the upper sections 44 of the arms 40, 42 to spread apart and allow the wing stringer to snap into the notches 46.
  • the arms 40, 42 have no sharp edges and hence do not tend to cut into the wing stringers 56.
  • a minimum of two and a maximum of four resilient clips 38 support each wing stringer 56 depending upon the length/weight of the wing stringer.
  • the lifting rail 30 of the crane 28 is lowered alongside each of the arrows 18 and manoeuvred underneath its barb 22. As the rail 30 is lifted it moves into the undercuts 26 of the arrows 18 and then begins to lift the jig 10.
  • the first crane 28 is used to transport the jig 10 through a cleaning station 59 (which may comprise several tanks) prior to anodisation to wash and remove grease and debris and an anodising station 60.
  • the second crane 58 is used to transport the jig 10 through a painting station 62.
  • the crane 28 moves the jig 10 with its wing stringers 56 to the cleaning station 59 and then to a tank 64 at the anodising station 60, the tank 64 being filled with chromic acid solution 66 as shown in Figure 5.
  • the lifting bar 30 is arranged to receive electric current from a supply (not shown) and current is conducted from the lifting bar 30, through the arrows 18 and into the beam 12 which serves as a bus bar for the hangers 14. Electric current can then flow between the clips 38 and the wing stringers 56.
  • the jig 10 is lowered into the tank 64 and the electric current is then applied to the lifting bar 30. It will be appreciated that an electrolytic cell is formed whereby the wing stringers 56 become the anode and the chromic acid solution 66 acts as electrolyte causing an anodic film to be deposited on the wing stringers 56. After a desired time period has elapsed the jig 10 is removed from the tank 64. It will be appreciated that the areas of point/line contact between the resilient clips 38 and the wing stringers 56 are relatively small compared to that of known jigs (for example, the Christmas tree type jig described in the introduction) and so the anodic film will cover a greater percentage of the wing stringers 56. Additionally, since the jig 10 has a reduced bluff area in relation the tank it will not displace/remove as much Chromic acid solution from the bath as known jigs, when removed from the tank 64.
  • the electric current is switched off and the first crane 28 lifts the jig 10 clear of tank 64.
  • the first crane 28 then moves the jig 10 onward to one or more rinse tanks 66 to remove trace amounts of chromic acid solution.
  • the jig 10 is then moved by the first crane 28 to a drying-off tank 68.
  • the lifting bar 30 of the first crane 28 is then moved clear of the arrows 18 of the jig 10 and a lifting bar 30a of the second crane 58 is then located in the undercuts 26 of the arrows 18.
  • the second crane 58 then lifts the jig clear of the drying off tank 68 and moves the jig 10 to the painting station 62.
  • the first crane 28 moves back to collect another jig 10 loaded with wing stringers 56 to be cleaned and anodised.
  • the wing stringers 56 at the painting station 62 are painted in a booth or tank 70.
  • the second crane 58 then lifts the jig 10 clear of the painting booth or tank 70 and finally moves the jig 10 out of the painting station 62 and transports it to a point where the finished wing stringers 56 can be removed from the jig.
  • the lifting bar 30a of the second crane 58 is then moved clear of the arrows 18 and the second crane 58 moves back to collect the next jig 10 which has arrived at the drying-off tank 68.
  • the anodising process is preferably fully automated and the cranes 28, 58 are computer controlled.
  • the first crane 28 and the second crane 58 work in parallel on the respective anodising and painting stages.
  • Each of the supports 36 on the hangers 14 may carry two or more resilient clips 38 if desired so that each support can bear additional wing stringers 56.
  • a pillar 72 (Figure 3) can be positioned on the support 36 between the arms 40, 42 so as to locate beneath and provide additional support to the heavy spar.
  • the pillar 72 may be made of plastics material. Such a pillar 72 may be placed strategically rather than placed at every clip location on the jig 12.
  • the hangers 14, supports 33, clips 38 and plates 48, 52 are made from titanium. Titanium is much easier to clean than aluminium and is resistant to anodising and paint bonding. Therefore, the cleaning of the jig 10 after the painting stage has been completed is a relatively straightforward job making it easy to return the jig quickly to the beginning of the anodising/painting cycle.
  • the arms 40, 42 may be covered by a suitable material such as plastics tubing to prevent any possible indentations on the wing stringers 56 when held in the clips 38. In such a case, electric current will need to be passed to the stringers 56 possibly by means of contact clips applied to a convenient point on the stringers.
  • Figures 9 to 14 showing an alternative construction of Figure 10.
  • parts corresponding to parts shown in Figures 1 to 8 carry corresponding reference numerals.
  • a metal beam 12 of Figure 10 has a plurality hangers 14 depending from it as in Figure 1, one hanger only being shown.
  • the hanger 14 has a dog-leg bend 80 formed near its upper end.
  • a secondary beam 16 is arranged beneath the beam 12 and is secured to the hangers 14 to ensure that the hangers 14 remain parallel.
  • the beam 12 carries arrows 18 of a construction similar to that in Figure 2.
  • Each hanger 14 comprises pair of parallel titanium bars 82, 84 which are held spaced apart by suitable spacers (not shown) at intervals so as to define a passage 86 therebetween.
  • the hangers 14 are attached to the beam 16 by suitable fasteners 88 which extend through the passage 86.
  • Each hanger 14 carries a plurality of supports 90 each of which includes a mounting plate 92, a V-shaped plate 94 and a retaining spring 96.
  • the mounting plate 92 is attached to the hanger 14 by means of a fastener 98 which projects through the passage 86 and through an aperture 100 in a plate 102 which has a location tab 104 for locating in the passage 86.
  • a suitable nut 106 is applied to the fastener and is tightened so as to secure the support 90 in a desired position on the hanger 14.
  • the mounting plate 92 is formed with an aperture 108 for the fastener 98 and a groove 110 is formed in the mounting plate 92 to serve as a drainage groove extending beneath a head 98a of the fastener 98 to facilitate drainage of liquid.
  • the V-shaped plate 94 has two edges 112 arranged in a V and two vertical abutments 114. As shown in Figure 12 the portion of the plate 94 defining the edges 112 is shaped in one of two ways so that the edges 112 will be very narrow.
  • the V-shaped plate 94 and the projection 116 are suitably mounted on a square section bar 126 of the support 90 which projects from the mounting plate 92.
  • the V-shaped plate 94, the projection 116, the retaining spring 96 and mounting plate 92 are of titanium.
  • each contact is attached to its stringer 56 by means of a fastener 132 which passes through the contact 130 and the flange 126, the contact 130 being held in position by a nut 134.
  • a groove 136 is formed in the contact 130 and connects with an aperture 138 in the contact 130 which receives the fastener 132.
  • the groove 136 provides drainage for liquid.
  • the dog-leg bend 80 in each hanger 14 is designed so that the stringers 56 hang directly below the beams 12, 16 thereby enabling all of the stringers to be arranged on one side of the hangers 14. In that way, the dog-leg bend 80 ensures that the jig is vertically balanced and there is substantially no tendency for the hangers 14 to tip from the vertical.
  • the narrow edges 112 and, where desired, the narrow edge 114a will provide point or line contact with the stringer 56 thereby minimising the areas which will not be anodised or painted on the jig.
  • a tank 140 contains a chromic acid solution 66 for enabling a metal plate or sheet 142 (hereinafter called a plate) to be anodised.
  • the tank 140 has an upper in-turned margin 144 which carries support arrangements 146 for a flight bar 148, the flight bar having support arms 150, 152 arranged at intervals along the length of the bar.
  • Figure 15 is a view looking in the longitudinal direction of the flight bar 148.
  • the arms 150, 152 carry buffers 154 for contact with surfaces 156 of the support arrangements 146.
  • the flight bar 148 has an elongate upwardly projecting lifting member 158 thereon having a curved upper end 160.
  • the plate 142 is attached to a plurality of spaced apart arrows 162 which each comprise two titanium plates 164, 166 joined together face-to-face and formed at their upper ends to provide downwardly projecting barbs 168.
  • the barbs 168 are covered by an aluminium capping 170.
  • the forming of the plates 164, 166 to provide the barbs 168 also forms curved surfaces 172 of complementary shape to the curved upper end 160 of the lifting member 158.
  • Each of the support arrangements 146 carries a location device, the location device on the left-hand side of the tank 140 being indicated at 174 and the location device on the right-hand side of the tank 140 being indicated at 176.
  • the location devices 174, 176 are substantially identical.
  • the location devices 174, 176 are movable horizontally towards and away from the flight bar 148 to ensure good electrical contact between the lifting member 158 and the arrows 162. This is achieved when the plate 166 of the arrow is pressed into intimate contact with the lifting member 158.
  • a crane (not shown) lowers the flight bar 148 so as to position the lifting member 158 beneath barbs 168 of the arrows 162.
  • the flight bar 148 is then lifted by the crane so that the lifting member 158 is urged upwardly into contact with the relevant curved surfaces 172 of the arrows 162 and the crane then carries the sheet 142 connected to the arrows 162 so that it is positioned above the tank 140.
  • the location devices 174, 176 are withdrawn so that ends 178, 179 occupy the broken line positions shown in Figure 15.
  • the flight bar 148 is then lowered until the buffers 154 of the arms 150, 152 come into contact with the surfaces 156.
  • the location devices 174, 176 are extended until the ends 176, 179 abut the arrow 162 and the flight bar 148 respectively.
  • the ends 178, 179 are then urged firmly against the arrow 162 and the flight bar 148 respectively in order to clasp the arrow 162 firmly against the lifting member 158.
  • electric current applied to the flight bar will flow through the lifting member 158, through the arrow 162 and to the plate 142. Anodising of the plate 142 in the chromic acid solution 66 then takes place.
  • the location members 174, 176 are retracted and the flight bar 148 is raised by the crane so as to lift the plate 142 clear of the tank 140.
  • the plate 142 can then be taken to a painting station.
  • the tank 140 is used in a system similar to that shown in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 in place of the tank 66 and the cranes 28 and 58 can be used in the manner described with respect to those figures.
  • a square pin passing through a square hole attaches each strap to its arrow and protects the user against possible injury by any unwanted scissor movement between strap and arrow, when the equipment is being dismantled or moved about.
  • jig of the invention could be used with other suitable members to be anodised, either for an aircraft or otherwise.

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