26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-10.3.2 (AIAA 2008-8862)

USE OF DIGITAL MANUFACTURING TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT LEARNING IN AEROSPACE ASSEMBLY

J. Butterfield, A. McClean, Y. Yin, R. Curran, R. Burke*, B. Welch*, C. Devenny*
Queen's Univ. Belfast, Ireland; *Bombardier Aerospace, Ireland

Keywords: DIGITAL MANUFACTURING, MANAGEMENT LEARNING, AEROSPACE ASSEMBLY

The primary goal of this work is to quantify any benefits that the use of digital manufacturing methods can offer when used for manufacturing process and tool design for aerospace applications. The work will quantify any improvement in build time and cost when digital manufacturing methods are used to simulate the manufacturing process for a complex aircraft panel.

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