Purpose Aerospace assembly demands high drilling position accuracy for fastener holes.
Hole position error correction is a key issue to meet the required hole position accuracy. This …

Manufacturing accuracy, especially position accuracy of fastener holes, directly affects
service life and security of aircraft. The traditional modification has poor robustness, while …

Considering the constantly increasing demand for aircraft products, the development of
automatic drilling-riveting machine tool systems is discussed in this paper. A structural …

Workpiece pose deviation is inevitable during automatic drilling and riveting in aircraft
assembly, and it either leads to increased time cost or decreased position accuracy with the …

Tight position tolerance is required for fastener holes in wing manufacturing. Automated
drilling system with high positioning accuracy is the key to achieve the requirement. The …

Hole position accuracy and perpendicularity are significant factors in aerospace drilling. This
study presents a novel compensation method with reference holes to reduce the hole …

Purpose–This paper aims to propose a roadmap to control the robot–subassembly (R–S)
coordination errors in movable robotic drilling. Fastener hole drilling for multi-station aircraft …

Aircraft assembly demands efficient and accurate drilling and fastening of a large number of
complex thin-walled aircraft parts. In this paper, a robotic assembly system is developed …

Purpose Aircraft structures are mainly connected by riveting joints, whose quality and
mechanical performance are directly determined by vertical accuracy of riveting holes. This …

In aircraft manufacturing, the vertical accuracy of connection holes is important indicator of
the quality of holes making. Aircraft products have high requirements for the vertical …