Tooling problems in production of DC-6B Transport, DC-6A Cargo and new DC-7 transport aircraft at Santa Monica Douglas plant; planning and tooling of configuration parts; machine tools and operations involved in manufacture of 152 different parts for titanium nacelle on DC-7; advantages resulting from use of optics for construction and tolerance control of tooling. (see also Western Metals n 3 Mar 1954 p 53-4)


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    Title :

    Tooling and planning problems related to modern transport aircraft


    Additional title:

    Soc Automotive Engrs -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1954 Machine tools



    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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