HAWDE Five Axis Wing Surface Drilling Machine

2004-01-2806

09/21/2004

Event
SAE 2004 Aerospace Manufacturing & Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The Horizontal Automated Wing Drilling Equipment (HAWDE) machine is an enabling technology for automated drilling of large aircraft parts. HAWDE is a five axis drilling machine that operates over the upper and lower surfaces of eight wings, each more than 40 meters long and four stories tall. The machine accesses the entire A380 wing using a combination of elevators and a machine transporter that carries the machine from surface to surface. HAWDE drills holes in spars, butt splices, and rib feet in the wing box final assembly jigs for A380.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2806
Pages
7
Citation
Calawa, R., Smith, S., Moore, I., and Jackson, T., "HAWDE Five Axis Wing Surface Drilling Machine," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2806, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2806.
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Publisher
Published
Sep 21, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-2806
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English