Automated/mechanized drilling and countersinking of airframes

• Tác giả: George N Bullen
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0768079951
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 629.1342 Aerospace engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, 2013.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 PDF (xv, 245 pages) : , illustrations.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 315385
• Chủ đề: 1. Airframes--Design and construction; 2. Drilling and boring machinery--Automation; 3. Fasteners; 4. Manufacturing processes--Automation; 5. Rivets and riveting, Aircraft--Automation

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

Modern aircraft manufacturing involves drilling and countersinking hundreds of thousands to millions of holes. Doing this work by hand accounts for 65% of the cost of airframe assembly, 85% of the quality issues, and 80% of the lost time due to injuries. The focus of this book is on automating the process of drilling and countersinking holes during airframe manufacturing. Since this is the area of greatest return on investment for airframe producers, the book provides a stepped approach for evaluating possible areas for applying automation and a detailed description of the process for choosing, acquiring, and transitioning the right machinery for success. It also provides a vision for a 10- to 15-year future state of airframe manufacture.