The Boeing Company

Shawn David Mohlman

Lars Eric Blacken

Bret H Livingston

Tinh V Truong

A method for assembling and installing a wire bundle assembly group (WBAG) is disclosed. The method includes placing a first grouping of components of a first WBAG on a first assembly panel of a fabrication table. The method also includes assembling the first WBAG from the first grouping of components and attaching the first WBAG to the first assembly panel. The method also includes actuating a pivot of an assembly frame supporting the first assembly panel to rotate the first assembly panel about a longitudinal axis. The method further includes placing a WBAG receiving panel of a transport tool adjacent the first WBAG and the first assembly panel. The method also includes releasing the first WBAG from the first assembly panel and dropping the WBAG onto the WBAG receiving panel. Finally, the method includes attaching the first WBAG to the WBAG receiving panel.

Method for assembling and installing a wire bundle assembly group

Systems and methods for a wiring racetrack for aircraft are described herein. The wiring racetrack can include a wiring pallet with a plurality of channels. A plurality of different wiring groups can each be disposed within one of the channels. Each of the wiring groups can include wiring of exclusively one category or one category and neutral wires. Connectors can be electrically coupled to the wires of the group. Fabrication of the wiring racetrack can be automatically performed by one or more robots that include an end effector and a robotic transfer unit.

Aircraft electrical racetrack systems and methods

Disclosed herein is a clamp system for affixing at least one wire bundle, having any one of various sizes, to a rail elongated in a lateral direction. The clamp system comprises a first clamping component comprising a first concave engagement surface and configured for fixed attachment to the rail. The clamp system also comprises a second clamping component comprising a second concave engagement surface and configured for slidable attachment to the rail. When the first clamping component and the second clamping component are attached to the rail, the first concave engagement surface and the second concave engagement surface oppose and face each other to enable capture of the wire bundle therebetween and a distance between the first concave engagement surface and the second concave engagement surface is adjustable.

Electrical raceway system and associated wire bundle clamp system and method

A system for assembling and installing a wire bundle assembly group (WBAG) may include a fabrication table having first and second assembly panels, each configured to receive a WBAG, and an assembly frame having an adjustable pivot connected to the first and to the second assembly panels to hold the assembly panels in a spaced orientation relative to each other, and to pivot about an axis; and a transport tool having a WBAG receiving panel configured to receive and support an assembled WBAG from the fabrication table, and a transport frame having an adjustable support connected to the WBAG receiving panel, and the transport frame is positionable adjacent the fabrication table such that the WBAG receiving panel is located beneath the first assembly panel and the second assembly panel, whereby an assembled WBAG drops downwardly onto the WBAG receiving panel.

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Mill Creek, WA, United States of America

Shawn David Mohlman