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Automated Wing Panel Assembly for the A340-600
Technical Paper
2000-01-3015
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The Airbus A340-600 wing panel manufacturing system, which entered production in 1999, represents a major milestone for automated aircraft assembly. The new A340-600 system builds upon the success of the E4000 based A320 wing panel assembly system, which was introduced into production three years ago. The new A340-600 system consists of two 440 ft. assembly lines. One produces upper wing skin panels and the second produces lower skin panels. Each line consists of three fully automated CNC controlled flexible fixtures placed end to end serviced by two E4100 CNC assemble machines. Each fixture accepts multiple wing panels and can be automatically changed between the different configurations. Stringers are located and held using clamps mounted to “popping posts”. These posts automatically drop out of the machine path into the floor to provide clearance for complete stringer to skin fastening.
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Hartmann, J., Meeker, C., Minshull, A., and Smith, A., "Automated Wing Panel Assembly for the A340-600," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-3015, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-3015.Also In
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