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9 Drivers and Challenges for U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing
9 Drivers and Challenges for U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing
Pages 49-54
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Upfront planning of manufacturing processes, tools, and capital equipment is a major challenge for the aerospace industry. The satellite industry is currently operating at only 12 percent capacity.
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The manufacture of commercial transports therefore has an enormous impact on the global economy. Boeing is the largest exporter within the United States, and the U.S.
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The ability of Boeing to shorten the manufacturing and design build time is a critical challenge. Manufacturing optimization goals at Boeing include a reduction in cycle time by 60 percent and a reduction in build hours by 50 percent.
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Certain pieces of large and capital-intensive equipment, such as autoclaves and nondestructive testing equipment, have been completely eliminated by the use of new materials approaches. On planes such as the 737 and 747, the aerospace industry has shifted to the use of moving production lines in order to shorten assembly cycle times.
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This will improve the durability of the product. CONCLUSION Boeing's near-term manufacturing priorities are reducing and standardizing holes and fasteners; improving composite processing; shortening assembly and cycle times; improving support services by technology applications; monolithic structures; turning suppliers into partners; and integrating design and manufacturing.
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