High-technology factory of the future
Abstract
Consideration is given to an aircraft manufacturer's progressively greater integration of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CADAM) operations. The proprietary systems discussed include the novel Computer-Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Applications (CATIA) system. CATIA will interface with CADAM to provide three-dimensional interactive graphics able to guide numerically controlled production systems in the manufacture of parts with complex curved contours. Attention is given to the automation of the production of such composite structures as the boron-epoxy horizontal stabilizer of the F-14 fighter, and the numerically controlled routing and drilling of metallic aircraft structures.
- Publication:
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Grumman Aerospace Horizons
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983GrAeH..19...20M
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Industry;
- Aircraft Production;
- Computer Aided Design;
- Computer Aided Manufacturing;
- Plant Design;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Aircraft Structures;
- Industrial Plants;
- Information Systems;
- Numerical Control;
- Productivity;
- Engineering (General)