Automation is one of the most important strategies for increasing efficiency in production. The positioning and drilling end effector newly developed for a portal system to automate the pre-assembly ...

Complex manual steps in aircraft production – such as the assembly of newly developed, weight-reducing thermoplastic integral frames that stiffen the fuselage in the transverse direction – are to be ...

Up to now, aircraft have been put together in huge assembly cells, but to build the necessary facilities is expensive and time-consuming. That is why researchers have come up with a flexible ...

[Avionics Today 08-04-2015] Working with an industry partner, Airbus has developed a “connected” glasses tool for technicians to wear on the A330 final assembly line. The glasses enable precise ...

FraME will contribute to novel structural and manufacturing solutions following the DLR’s Guiding Concepts for Electric Aircraft and demonstrate an overall structural concept for a future green ...

The positioning and drilling end effector developed by Fraunhofer IFAM in Stade during the automated positioning of a cleat on the CFRP integral frame. Photo Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Automation is one ...

Inside a vast, warehouse-style production facility in Masdar City, aircraft fuselages sit in various stages of assembly — some stripped down to carbon-fibre frames, others freshly painted and ready ...