AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

For over 30 years, COVAL supplies the different companies involved in the Aerospace industry with comprehensive management of vacuum handling for the manufacturing process as a whole: lifting, moving and clamping of plane parts.
COVAL solutions, such as vacuum pumps and suction cups, equip all the tooling used in the process of manufacturing, machining and assembly of the different sections that make up an aircraft.
The numerous processes required by the aerospace industry need technical skills, expertise, innovation, and service. To meet these challenges, COVAL relies on:
A strong capacity for development and innovation
A team 100% dedicated to the Aerospace industry
A full product range integrating mechatronics for better productivity « Fully integrated » vacuum solutions
Compliance with the strictest quality standards
Presence in economic areas with strong potential, thanks to 5 subsidiaries.

Coval at your side...

Materials that we handle

- Aluminum
- Titanium
- Composite materials:
- cured or uncured
- Fiberglass

Machines that we equip

- CNC machines
- Robot cells
- Lifting systems
- Assembly jigs
- Composite layup tables

Plane parts that we clamp

- Wings / Stringers
- Keel Beam
- Sub-assembly Center Wing Box (CWB)
- Horizontal stabilizers, HTP, VTP...
- Fuselage

References

- AIRBUS GROUP
- BOEING
- BOMBARDIER
- DASSAULT
- EMBRAER
- STELIA

EQUIPMENT FOR ROBOT CELLS

Integration of our vacuum solutions for robots:
- Compact and intelligent vacuum generators with fi eldbus option, communication with PLC...
- Different flow rates depending on the types of parts handled
- Wide range of suction cups to equip end effectors, ø1 to 500 mm
- Specific suction cup materials for the Aerospace sector (resistance to cleaning agents, no particle migration, etc...)
- Different accessories for simplified mounting

EQUIPMENT FOR CNC MACHINES

Specific clamping solutions for machining processes:
- Suction cups adapted to lateral stresses
- Rigid cleats inside the suction cups to ensure accurate
positioning.
- Vacuum generators with an adjustable vacuum level depending on the thickness/material clamped in position by UHF/FLEXIBLE TOOLING
- Accessories for uneven surfaces

EQUIPMENT FOR ASSEMBLY JIGS

Vacuum clamping of plane parts on assembly jigs:
- Specific non-slip suction cups
- Pneumatic vacuum pump without air consumption: energy
savings
- Turnkey vacuum box to activate clamping, zone by zone:
helping to position parts
- Dimensioning and installation on pneumatic network
tooling
- Safety integration to guarantee maintaining vacuum when
moving tooling without energy

COVAL Global Services

Our goal is the efficiency of your installation from design to operation.
To achieve this, COVAL works with its clients at every stage f the project to bring the most comprehensive solution possible:
• Software to help determine appropriate vacuum network (fittings, vacuum reserve, tubing)
• Supply of all necessary mounting elements for attaching
our products to tooling
• Installation of complete solution
on site
• Final tests and controls performed with the customer
A service that makes the COVAL team Vacuum Managers in your nstallation.

Fields of application

●Gripping parts on a laser trimming machine.
●Referencing and holding aircraft parts during the drilling, sanding, riveting and other phases.
●Integration of vacuum components into demonstration tools.
●Gripping aircraft parts made of different materials: steel, stainless steel, aluminium and composites.
●Recovering and discharging fumes and shavings during machining or drilling operations.

WIND TURBINES

●Removing blades from their moulds.
●Transport.
●Holding during machining.

RAILWAYS

●Handling train doors.
●Gripping windscreens and side windows.

AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

●Taking parts at high speed from a drawing press line.
●Transporting and clamping parts during the gluing and welding stage at welding islands.
●Gripping windscreen or sheet metal parts at the assembly station.

Documentation

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