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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Farahnaz Tanni Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Daniel R. Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Jayson J. Aquino, Bothell, WA (US);
Edward John Batt, Bothell, WA (US);
James N. Buttrick, Seattle, WA (US);
Antonio C. Micale, Seattle, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Clayton L. Munk, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Chris G. Couevas, Bothell, WA (US);
Azita N. Namdaran, Bellevue, WA (US);
Noman S. Noor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Donald A. Mottaz, Issaquah, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
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.