MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES AND OTHER LARGE STRUCTURES

A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index dev...

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Hauptverfasser:	PORTER, JOHN R, OUTOUS, RONALD W, PHILPOTT, BOBBY C. JR, BOBERG, MARK C, BANKS, DAVID P, ROWE, TERRENCE J, HAZLEHURST, LAURANCE N, JONES, DARELL D, BUTTRICK, JAMES N, PAPANIKOLAOU, KOSTANDINOS D, GLAISYER, CHARLES H, TOWNSEND, HARRY E, NELSON, PAUL E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT AVIATION COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS MEASURING METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.