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Title:
航空機構造およびその他の大型構造に対する製造システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4540344
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.

Inventors:
Hazelhurst, Lawrence N
Fill pot, bobby shii, junior
Batrick, James N
Darren Dee, Jones
Papanicolaou, Costandinos Dee
Banks, David Py
Law, Terence Jay
Ronald W. Otus
Glacier, Charles H
Harry E, Townsend
Boberg, Mark See
Nelson, Paul Lee
John Earl, Porter
Application Number:
JP2003539888A
Publication Date:
September 08, 2010
Filing Date:
October 28, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
The Boeing Company
International Classes:
B23Q1/25; B23Q3/18; B23Q9/00; B23Q16/00; B23Q37/00; B23Q41/00; B64F5/00; G01M99/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP200095197A
JP2001300823A
Foreign References:
US6158666
US5477596
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sonoda Yoshitaka
Kobayashi Yoshinori