Methods and means for reconfiguring an aircraft assembly plant that receives fuselages or fuselage sections via a public railroad system. In cases where the aircraft assembly plant comprises a first assembly line for installing (i.e., stuffing) equipment inside fuselages or fuselage sections and a second assembly line for installing equipment on exteriors of internally equipped fuselages or fuselage sections, both assembly lines being housed in the same building, the facility can be reconfigured by moving at least one fuselage stuffing operation of the first assembly line to an auxiliary building which overlies a railroad track connected to the public railroad system. The moved fuselage stuffing operations will be performed inside the auxiliary building while each fuselage or fuselage section is supported in an upright position on a respective railroad flat car.
Fuselage Stuffing Building and Feeder Lines
2016-12-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B23P Sonstige Metallbearbeitung , OTHER WORKING OF METAL / B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES / B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES / 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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