Systems and methods are provided for assembling a section of a fuselage (12) of an aircraft (10). The method includes pulsing a half barrel section (24) of the fuselage (12) along a track (110) in a process direction (199), utilizing an indexing feature (124) associated with the half barrel section (24) to determine a desired contour (361) for a portion of the half barrel section (24), and enforcing the desired contour (361) onto the half barrel section (24) using components that enforce an inner mold line (128) and components that enforce an outer mold line (126) when the contour of the half barrel section (24) is out of tolerance from the desired contour (361).
CONTOUR ENFORCEMENT FOR LINE ASSEMBLED FUSELAGE SEGMENTS
KONTURENDURCHSETZUNG FÜR BANDMONTIERTE RUMPFSEGMENTE
APPLICATION DE CONTOUR POUR SEGMENTS DE FUSELAGE ASSEMBLÉS EN LIGNE
2022-05-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | 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 / B23P Sonstige Metallbearbeitung , OTHER WORKING OF METAL / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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