Boeing has relied upon the 767 ASAT (ASAT1) since 1983 to fasten the chords, stiffeners and rib posts to the web of the four 767 wing spars. The machine was originally commissioned with a Terra five axis CNC control. The Terra company went out of business and the controls were replaced with a custom DOS application in 1990. These are now hard to support so Boeing solicited proposals. Electroimpact proposed to retrofit with a Fanuc 31I CNC, and in addition, to replace all associated sensors, cables and feedback systems. This work is now complete on two of the four machines. Both left front and right front are in production with the new CNC control.


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    Title :

    Refurbishment of 767 ASAT Drill-Rivet-Lockbolt Machines


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2010 Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition ; 2010



    Publication date :

    2010-09-28




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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