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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
James M. Cobb, Burien, WA (US);
Clayton Lynn Munk, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Dan Dresskell Day, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric M. Reid, Kenmore, WA (US);
Matthew Ray DesJardien, Kenmore, WA (US);
Steven A. Best, Marysville, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for maintaining a selected configuration for a structure during a manufacturing process for forming a product using the structure. Metrology data for a support system is received. The support system holds the structure during the manufacturing process. A determination is made as to whether a current configuration of the structure is within selected tolerances of the selected configuration for the structure based on the metrology data. The support system is reconfigured to move the structure into the selected configuration in response to a determination that the current configuration of the structure is not within the selected tolerances of the selected configuration for the structure.