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Guided Robots to Speed Fuselage Build

Posted September 15, 2014 9:06 PM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

Boeing intends to improve workplace safety by automating the production of its 777 fuselage. Rather than relying on the manual installation of some 60,000 fasteners, the company wants guided robots to fasten fuselage panels together. The program, under development since 2012, uses a robotic system designed for Boeing by KUKA Systems. It joins other automated manufacturing systems now involved with 777 production, including the wing painting operation shown here.

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09/17/2014 5:33 AM

How many insertion fasteners do you need for a composite plane that is glued together? Painting a plane is not a critical function, fixing fasteners in the fuselage is. If each fastener has to be hand checked, and I suspect that the CAA would insist on that, I don't see where the labor saving comes. This system could well be obsolete before it is developed.
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