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Related: About this forumBoeing secretly testing 777X work automation
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/08/15/2733152/boeing-secretly-testing-777x-work.htmlScott Fancher, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president and general manager attends a news conference on their airplane development update earlier this month in Tokyo. Speculation surrounds where Boeing will focus 777X production.
Boeing secretly testing 777X work automation
By DOMINIC GATES THE SEATTLE TIMES
Published: August 15, 2013
At a secret facility in Anacortes, more than 40 miles north of Boeings widebody-jet plant in Everett, a small group of engineers next month will begin testing advanced automation methods for building the soon-to-be-launched 777X jet.
The project reveals Boeing intends to dramatically change the way the planes metal hull is built, reducing manual labor on that task while ramping up the overall production rate.
Were going to build the fuselage differently than we do now, said a senior Boeing engineer familiar with details of the plan. Were going to introduce a whole lot of automation.
Meanwhile, in a nerve-wracking process that could either boost or bust future manufacturing in the Puget Sound region, Boeing is still weighing various plans for where to put 777X manufacturing including Everett, alternative company facilities and non-Boeing sites.
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Boeing secretly testing 777X work automation (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Aug 2013
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)1. Not good. Planes are among the worst polluters.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)2. Ban them
go back to horses
on point
(2,506 posts)3. Yes, but this is a cleaner plane replacing many older worse polluting fleets