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At Boeing’s 777X Wing Factory, Robots Get Big Jobs

December 12, 2016
EVERETT, WA—Boeing’s 777X Composite Wing Center here marks a significant step toward a future in which much of an aircraft assembly plant’s work is done by automated machines and robots.
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Boeing Adds Automation to 737 Assembly Line

June 22, 2016

RENTON, WA—Boeing has added a new robotic system to its 737 factory here to automate the process of drilling holes and installing bolts in wing spars.


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Airbus Ramps Up Automation

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Austin Weber
April 28, 2016

Airbus is investing in automation to tackle huge backlogs for its commercial jetliners. Bernard Duprieu, head of manufacturing technologies research at the Airbus Centre of Competence, Industrial Strategy and System, tells ASSEMBLY about the company’s FuturAssy automation strategy.


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Aerospace Automation Supplier Opens in Mobile

February 10, 2016

MOBILE, AL—Broetje Automation, a supplier of automated machinery for aircraft assembly, has opened a facility here to support Airbus’ new assembly plant.


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Boeing Patents Automated Assembly Process

January 14, 2016

SEATTLE—Boeing has been granted a patent for a fully automated assembly system for making airplane fuselages. The system consists of six assembly cells, a feeder line, and a robot holding area.


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Northrop Grumman Adopts Optical Projection System

September 18, 2015

PALMDALE, CA—Assemblers at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s plant here recently started to use an optical projection system to build the center fuselage of the F-35 Lighting II fighter jet. The facility was the recipient of ASSEMBLY’s 2013 Assembly Plant of the Year award.


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Assembly Automation Takes Off in Aerospace Industry

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Austin Weber
April 2, 2015

Robots and other flexible tools are now a common sight in aircraft factories.


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Boeing, University of Washington Open Aerospace Assembly Research Center

January 16, 2015

SEATTLE—Boeing and the University of Washington are taking their collaboration to greater heights with a new campus research center where doctoral engineering students, UW professors and Boeing engineers will work side by side on projects focused on automating aircraft assembly processes.


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Kuka Aerospace to Open Facility Next to Boeing Plant

August 15, 2014

EVERETT, WA—Kuka Aerospace plans to open a new 29,000-square-foot facility here adjacent to Boeing’s assembly plant. The facility will employ 75 people when fully operational.


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