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Article: Harness assembly gets a heads up. (Boeing Co's use of computers to assemble wire harnesses)
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- May 1, 1998
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"Augmented reality" helps harness assemblers save time and money.
A typical Boeing airplane has hundreds of miles of wire bundled together in harnesses. The harnesses are assembled and installed by hand. The process is time-consuming. Mistakes can be costly or even dangerous.
Then there's setup costs. Wire harness assembly has changed little over the years. The wires are strung together by hand on nails or pegs inserted into plywood "form boards." A diagram detailing where the nails and wires go is printed and affixed to the board or drawn directly on it. For harnesses that must be assembled by the hundreds or thousands, the cost of creating and storing the ...