Automated Floor Drilling Equipment for the Next Generation 737 972809
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.
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. Download Citation
Author(s):
William F. Bankston, Peter Vogeli
Affiliated:
Boeing Co., Electroimpact, Inc.
Pages: 6
Event:
Aerofast Conference & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Proceedings of the 1997 Aerofast Conference-P-318, SAE 1997 Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V106-1
Related Topics:
Drilling
Hand
Fuselages
Aluminum
Titanium
Tools and equipment
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