Systems and methods for manufacturing aircraft are disclosed. For example, a method for repetitively manufacturing aircraft comprises fractionally pulsing a constituent part down an assembly line by periodically advancing the constituent part down the assembly line by less than a length of the constituent part. The periodic advancing may include advancing the aircraft component by a pulse length that is less than the length of the aircraft component, stopping movement of the aircraft component for a duration and performing work on the aircraft component, and then advancing the aircraft component by the pulse length again. In another example, a method comprises determining a fractional pulse length to fractionally pulse one or more constituent parts of an aircraft based on one or more of a minimum workstation length of one or more assembly line workstations and a minimum section length of one or more work processes to be performed. (FIG. 1)


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    Title :

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRACTIONALLY PULSING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND FOR DESIGNING MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS UTILIZING THE SAME


    Additional title:

    SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUM FRAKTIONIERTEN PULSIEREN VON FLUGZEUGKOMPONENTEN UND ZUM ENTWERFEN VON FERTIGUNGSSYSTEMEN DAMIT
    SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE PULSATION FRACTIONNÉE DE COMPOSANTS D'AÉRONEFS ET CONCEPTION DE SYSTÈMES DE FABRICATION LES UTILISANT


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    Publication date :

    2022-05-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL / 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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