Aerospace
Technical Paper

We Start with “Lean Engineering” in the Design of New Drill/Install Fastener end Effector which then Leads us to “Lean Manufacturing” on the Factory Floor

2003-01-2944

09/08/2003

Event
Automated Fastening Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mark Brown Brown Aerospace
Chris Hubert J. F. Hubert Enterprises
Ron Mack J. F. Hubert Enterprises
Richard M. Van Gels Boeing Long Beach
William W. Vandever Boeing Long Beach
Wendell Gabler Boeing Long Beach
Abstract
Content
The new DIF (Drill/Install Fastener) end effector machine series is being developed through implementing lean engineering. The end effectors will drill and install fasteners, eliminating many manufacturing process steps. Future enhancement capabilities are already designed in.
Meta Tags
Topics
Lean manufacturing
Manufacturing processes
Drilling
Fasteners
Affiliated or Co-Author
Brown Aerospace
J. F. Hubert Enterprises
Boeing Long Beach
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2944
Pages
4
Citation
Brown, M., Hubert, C., Mack, R., Van Gels, R. et al., "We Start with “Lean Engineering” in the Design of New Drill/Install Fastener end Effector which then Leads us to “Lean Manufacturing” on the Factory Floor," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2944, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2944.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Sep 8, 2003
Product Code
2003-01-2944
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English