Fixtureless assembly of sheet metal parts for the aircraft industry

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Walczyk, D F ^a   Raju, V ^a   Miller, R ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DynaBil Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DRILLING; FASTENERS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SHEET METAL;

AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY; FIXTURELESS ASSEMBLY;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0033700039     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405001517568     Document Type: Article

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