Open AccessResearch on automatic assembly technology for final assembly of helicopter fuselage
Author(s) -
Qu Xiao,
L. A. Zhang,
Lin Gan,
Terry Shih Chuan Cheng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/638/1/012009
Subject(s) - fuselage , clamping , fastener , rivet , process (computing) , engineering , mechanical engineering , automotive engineering , computer science , operating system
The helicopter fuselage has the characteristics of compact structure space, complex coordination relationship and weak rigidity, etc. It is difficult to control the accuracy of the desired shape. According to the high precision and quality requirement of final assembly for helicopter fuselage, the application status of automatic assembly technology in aviation manufacturing was analyzed. Then the difficulties of automatic assembly technology for fuselage final assembly were also discussed. In this paper, an automatic assembly system for the final assembly of helicopter fuselage was designed, and relevant key technologies of the assembly system mentioned above were proposed. The designed system have the functions of automatic positioning, clamping, measuring, drilling, feeding and blind fastener riveting for fuselage components, which can improve the assembly quality and efficiency of helicopter fuselage during the final assembly process.