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Article: Interfaced CNCs control 77 servo axes aircraft riveter: technology is the key to efficiency. To efficiently rivet aircraft panels, four interfaced CNCs control 77 servo axes on an automated riveter.(CNC
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- Modern Applications News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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At the Boeing Company facility in Macon, GA, where they build subassemblies for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, two Broetje-Automation Integrated Panel Assembly Cells (IPAC's) have been added to increase Boeing's complex process capability. These multi-axis riveters incorporate four CNCs, controlling a total of 77 servo axes on each machine, which are currently used for automating the process of building fuselage panel assemblies for the C-17.
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This Boeing facility produces major sub-assemblies for both the U.S. Air Force's C-17 and the Army's AH-64D Apache helicopter.
To meet this challenge, it operated CNC-controlled ...