Reconfigurable flexible tooling for aerospace wing assembly

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Millar, Alison ^a   Kihlman, Henrik ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b DELFOi ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; FIXTURES (TOOLING); FLEXIBLE WINGS; MANUFACTURE; WINGS;

COMPLEX COMPONENTS; COMPONENT DESIGN; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; FLEXIBLE TOOLING; INDUSTRIAL BENEFITS; NON-RECURRING COSTS; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 85072463983     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-3243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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