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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Jonathan Michael Carberry, Balderstone, GB;
Alistair James Fletcher, Balderstone, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of producing a shim for use in an aircraft airframe () comprising: providing a plurality of component parts () of the aircraft airframe (); measuring a surface of each of the component parts () and creating a digital models of the component part () therefrom; digitally assembling together the digital models of the component parts () thereby to produce a digital model () of at least part of the aircraft airframe (); using that digital model (), creating a digital model of a shim (), the digital model of the shim () filling a gap between at least two digital models of component parts () in the digital model () of at least part of the aircraft airframe (); and producing a physical shim using the digital model of the shim ().