Systems and methods are provided for advancing a fuselage section (330) of an aircraft. One embodiment is a system that includes a series (329) of plates (320) configured to be sequentially affixed along a length (L) of the fuselage section (330), and a track (310) configured to form a frictional fit with the plates. The track (310) includes drive units (312) configured to form nips retaining the series of plates (320), and that are configured to advance the fuselage section (330) along the track (310) in a process direction, and indexing elements (316) that are configured to engage with indexing elements (326) at the plates (320) during pauses between operation of the drive units (312). The system also includes tools (360, 370) configured to perform work on the fuselage section (330) while the indexing elements (316) of the track (310) are engaged.
FRACTIONAL PULSE LINE FOR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE MANUFACTURING
FRAKTIONIERTE IMPULSLEITUNG FÜR FLUGZEUGRUMPFHERSTELLUNG
LIGNE D'IMPULSION FRACTIONNAIRE POUR FABRICATION DE FUSELAGE D'AÉRONEF
2023-08-30
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 / G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL |
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