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ON-MACHINE PROBING HELPS MAKE FUSELAGE ASSEMBLY A SNAP.

Publication: Quality In Manufacturing
Date: Saturday, September 1 2001

Northrop Grumman's Applied Digital Technologies Group adds probes to new machine to meet Boeing's strict specs

Shops that machine aircraft parts have traditionally been asked to hold some of the tightest tolerances in the metalworking industry. Now with its Accurate Fuselage Assembly (AFA) program, Boeing has upped the ante by requiring ultra-tight tolerances that allow fuselage components to literally snap in place like Legos. To meet these increased accuracy demands for "snap-together" assembly, Northrop Grumman's Applied Digital Technologies Group (ADT) not only boug

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