Jigless assembly is an approach towards reducing the cost and increasing the flexibility of tooling systems for aircraft manufacture through the minimisation of productspecific jigs, fixtures and tooling. A new, integrated methodology has been developed, which uses a number of building blocks and tools, to enable design for jigless assembly as a result of a logical, step-by-step process. This methodology, AIM-FOR-JAM, is currently being applied to redesign the Airbus A320 Fixed Leading Edge for jigless assembly, as part of the ‘Jigless Aerospace Manufacture’ (JAM) project.
Design for Tooling to Enable Jigless Assembly - An Integrated Methodology for Jigless Assembly
Sae Technical Papers
Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference & Exposition ; 2000
2000-05-16
Conference paper
English
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