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Automated/mechanized drilling and countersinking of airframes / by George N. Bullen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bullen, George N., author.
- Series:
- Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications.
- Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rivets and riveting, Aircraft--Automation.
- Rivets and riveting, Aircraft.
- Airframes--Design and construction--Automation.
- Airframes.
- Drilling and boring machinery--Automation.
- Drilling and boring machinery.
- Manufacturing processes--Automation.
- Manufacturing processes.
- Fasteners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2013]
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : Society of Automotive Engineers, ©2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Historical perspective : why airframes have holes
- Airframe manufacturing cost drivers
- Incentives and disincentives to automate
- Types of drill/countersink automation
- Considerations before replacing hand drilling with mechanization or automation
- How to choose the right automation
- Steps to installation
- Test procedures
- Transition to production
- Training
- Maintenance
- Social impact of automation
- Future state of airframes and automation summary
- Appendix A Automated machine suppliers for D/C of airframes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7680-7995-0
- 0-7680-8844-5
- 1-68015-451-6
- OCLC:
- 908934320
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