Automated/mechanized drilling and countersinking of airframes

• Main Author: Bullen, George N.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale 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; 1680154516; 9780768079951; 0768079950; 9780768076462
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) : illustrations.

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.