Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Structural member making
Patent
1995-06-06
1996-12-24
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Structural member making
2940705, 2952506, 244120, B23Q 1700
Patent
active
055863914
ABSTRACT:
A method of making a large airplane structure from a plurality of subassemblies. The method comprises drilling coordination holes in selected components which are made for accurate assembly of the subassemblies, and that will be located on the subassemblies in a position to be used to accurately position the subassemblies relative to each other so the spatial relationships between key features of the subassemblies as defined by the coordination holes make the subassemblies self-locating and intrinsically determinate of the final contour and configuration of the large airplane structure, independent of tooling. The drilling of coordination holes in the selected components is done using an end effector carried by a precision computer controlled robot that is directed to the drilling locations using a digital dataset taken directly from original digital part definition records.
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Bryant David P.
Neary J. Michael
Nelson Lawrence W.
The Boeing Company
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