The Boeing Company

Kevin L Braun

John C Osborne

America Olsen Schaaf

Richard Allen Miller, Ii

Brian Henry Korenaga

Marcin Artur Rabiega

Mark Charles Iden

Jason R Grindon

Yaniv R Rock

Scott Telford O'Farrell

Ii Richard Allen Miller

Mark C Iden

In an example, a method of shimming an uncured substructure for assembly is disclosed. The method comprises emitting a signal from an inspection system proximate a mating surface of the substructure, detecting a reflection of the signal with the inspection system, generating a data set based on detecting the reflection of the signal, the data set representing a shape of the mating surface, determining distances between a plurality of points on the mating surface and respective points on an inner surface of a support structure based on the data set, generating filler dimension data based on the distances, wherein the filler dimension data includes a varying thickness, shaping a filler structure with a computer numerical controlled shaping device using the filler dimension data, adhering a first surface of the filler structure to the mating surface of the substructure to form a shimmed substructure subassembly, and curing the shimmed substructure subassembly.

Methods and systems for forming a shimmed assembly

An apparatus automatically places, forms and compacts an adhesive strip on an edge of a structure in a single pass.

Method and apparatus for applying a strip of material over an edge on a structure

Trench shovel

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Kevin L Braun