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| Authors: | Rob Flynn, Nathan McRae, and Spencer Thompson |
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Abstract
A large jet fuselage consists of forward, center and aft sections which must be joined together. The join process calls for a rough move to a “stage” position, automated measurements, and calculation of a transformation matrix to yield a move to an accurate “pre-join” position from which the manual join process is started. After the manual join is complete the fuselage sections are measured again, and the final locations recorded.
Since the process of measurement, transformation calculation, and data transfer to the PLC is an involved series of events the customer chose to automate it and thereby insure a repeatable and reliable result. In this paper we examine the solution, look at some of the challenges faced, review the results and consider some lessons learned.
