Flow manufacturing is a production method used by makers of assembly-line products, such as auto manufacturers. It dates from the 1980s and is based on the principles of the Toyota production system, ...

Automation solutions for aircraft construction: Pioneering mobile holding fixture for flexible clamping, alignment, and transport of components reduces the workload of production processes ...

Figure 1. Transfer of current manually performed drilling processes at CFRP vertical tail planes (VTPs) to mobile cobots. Photo Credit, all images: Fraunhofer IFAM At its 4,500-square-meter research ...

New, weight-saving materials and manufacturing processes not only increase efficiency and reduce costs, but in particular represent milestones on the way to climate-friendly flying: in a typical ...