Manufacturing and assembly automation by integrated metrology systems for aircraft wing fabrication

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

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Jamshidi, J ^a   Kayani, A ^b   Iravani, P ^a   Maropoulos, P G ^a   Summers, M D ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Key characteristics; Large structure assembly; Large volume measurement; Metrology; Process control; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE PRODUCTS; AIRCRAFT WING; ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; INTEGRAL PART; INTEGRATED METROLOGY; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LARGE STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY; LARGE STRUCTURES; LARGE-VOLUME MEASUREMENT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; REAL TIME; TOLERANCING;

AUTOMATION; MANUFACTURE; MEASUREMENTS; PROCESS CONTROL; TITRATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WINGS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 76849104226     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1280     Document Type: Article

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