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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Philip L. Freeman, Summerville, SC (US);

Matthew John Miller, Ladson, SC (US);

Shaun Condie, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41805 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31031 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31068 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49175 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50126 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium is provided for performing the method for automating an assembling sequence operation for a workpiece using an one-up assembly process that uses adjacent hole clamping. The method can include obtaining an adjacency list from points for the workpiece to be assembled; controlling an assembly machine for assembling the workpiece using a sequence of assembly operations based on the adjacency list; identifying potential errors in the sequence of assembly operations; determining a revised sequence of assembly operations based on the potential errors that are identified; and controlling the assembly machine based on the revised sequence of assembly operations.


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