Automated/mechanized drilling and countersinking of airframes

• Main Author: Bullen, George N.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2013.
• Series: Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
• Subjects: Rivets and riveting, Aircraft > Automation.; Airframes > Design and construction > Automation.; Drilling and boring machinery > Automation.; Manufacturing processes > Automation.; Fasteners.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781680154511; 9780768079951; 9780768076462
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (1 online zdroj (xv, 245 pages)) : illustrations, digital file.
• Item Description: "SAE Order Number R-416"--Title page verso.; Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 07/25/2013).
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Modern aircraft manufacturing involves drilling and countersinking hundreds of thousands to millions of holes. Doing this work by hand accounts for 65% of the cost of airframe assembly, 85% of the quality issues, and 80% of the lost time due to injuries.
The focus of this book is on automating the process of drilling and countersinking holes during airframe manufacturing. Since this is the area of greatest return on investment for airframe producers, the book provides a stepped approach for evaluating possible areas for applying automation and a detailed description of the process for choosing, acquiring, and transitioning the right machinery for success. It also provides a vision for a 10- to 15-year future state of airframe manufacture.