Systems and methods are provided for assembling an airframe of an aircraft, including receiving a half barrel section of fuselage, advancing the half barrel section in a process direction (199) across multiple stations (114,124,312,322,332) to separately and simultaneously perform work on the half barrel sections, and subsequently joining the half barrel segments to form a section of the airframe. Each pair of half barrel sections, such as upper (116) and lower (118) half barrels, are progressed through assembly line processes to be delivered to a joining station for joining the half barrels together to form a circumferential section (138) of the fuselage. Multiple joined circumferential sections are joined together to form an elongated extent of the fuselage. Indexing features (133) are provided in the assembly process to monitor and control the progression of the half barrel sections in the work stations of the assembly line process and optionally direct the half barrel sections to ancillary work stations or delay progression through the assembly line to provide additional work on one of the half barrels as may be required, and assuring proper timing of the half barrel sections to the joining station. A product of the assembly process is further provided, with an extent of the fuselage being formed of sections of joined half barrel sections that are joined together with circumferential joints.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY FORMED OF MATING HALF BARREL SECTIONS AND THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME


    Additional title:

    FLUGZEUGANORDNUNG AUS ZUSAMMENPASSENDEN HALBTONNENABSCHNITTEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN ANORDNUNG
    ENSEMBLE AÉRONEF FORMÉ DE SECTIONS DE DEMI-TONNEAU ASSEMBLÉES ET SON PROCÉDÉ D'ASSEMBLAGE


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    Publication date :

    2022-05-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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