Automated Floor Drilling Equipment for the Next Generation 737
972809
09/30/1997
- Event
- Content
- Boeing needed a process to replace hand drilling for floor panel holes and galley and lavatory mounting locator holes in the floor grid of the completed 737 fuselage. Electroimpact developed a process, and the 737 AFDE machine, that is a substantial improvement over existing technology. It provides full CNC control, quick reconfiguration of hole patterns, fast drilling of up to 3000 holes in one 8-hour shift, drills both titanium and aluminum and works inside the fuselage.
- Pages
- 6
- Citation
- Bankston, W., and Vogeli, P., "Automated Floor Drilling Equipment for the Next Generation 737," SAE Technical Paper 972809, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/972809.