The Boeing Company

Chris G Couevas

Darrell Darwin Jones

Daniel R Smith

Clayton Lynn Munk

James Niemann Buttrick

Farahnaz Sisco

Edward John Batt

Antonio C Micale

Donald A Mottaz

Jayson J Aquino

Azita N Namdaran

Noman S Noor

Farahnaz Tanni Sisco

Mario Ramos

A system and method are provided to automate the assembly of a wing panel, such as utilized by commercial aircraft. In the context of a system, a tacking cell is provided that is configured to tack one or more stringers to a skin plank. The system also includes a riveting cell configured to receive a tacked plank from the tacking cell and to rivet the one or more stringers to the skin plank. The system also includes a splicing cell configured to receive a plurality of riveted planks from the riveting cell and to attach one or more splice stringers to the plurality of riveted planks. Further, the system includes a side of body cell configured to receive a spliced panel from the splicing cell and to attach a side of body chord thereto to produce a wing panel.

System and method for manufacturing a wing panel

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Bothell, WA, United States of America

Chris G Couevas