Autonomous flexible manufacturing system for building a fuselage

A method and apparatus for building a fuselage assembly (114) for an aircraft (104). A number of fixtures (313) may be driven across a floor (130) to an assembly area (304) to form an assembly fixture (324). The fuselage assembly (114) may be built on the assembly fixture (324).

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Main Authors KOZAK, MICHAEL J, ARRIAGA, JORGE ALBERTO, REESE IV, RICHARD GRIFFITH, BARRICK, KEVIN MARION, DRAPER, ALAN S, FINDLAY, MELISSA ANN, HU, YUANXIN CHARLES, GEROSA, ALFREDO JOSE, OBEROI, HARINDER S, SARH, BRANKO, MILLER, JEFFREY LAWRENCE, DO, QUANG T
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 23.03.2016
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
FORGE FURNACES
FORGING
GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT
HAMMERING
HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PRESSING METAL
PUNCHING METAL
RIVETING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method and apparatus for building a fuselage assembly (114) for an aircraft (104). A number of fixtures (313) may be driven across a floor (130) to an assembly area (304) to form an assembly fixture (324). The fuselage assembly (114) may be built on the assembly fixture (324).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140196608