Future Aerospace Assembly
(2019) MMK920 20151Innovation
- Abstract
- The future prospects of the aerospace industry are bright, with the 2009 aerospace forecast stating that the world commercial aircraft fleet will more than double over the next 20 years. Although, the future use of aircraft materials, and accompanied assembly processes, are rather uncertain. The future of assembly processes has to be assessed in order for suppliers of assembly power tools to develop products that meet the demands. This degree project presents design and development of an Atlas Copco assembly power tool for the future aerospace industry. The aim of the degree project is to investigate the future aerospace industry and to identify and develop the power tool with the most potential on the aerospace market. Hence, the tool... (More)
- The future prospects of the aerospace industry are bright, with the 2009 aerospace forecast stating that the world commercial aircraft fleet will more than double over the next 20 years. Although, the future use of aircraft materials, and accompanied assembly processes, are rather uncertain. The future of assembly processes has to be assessed in order for suppliers of assembly power tools to develop products that meet the demands. This degree project presents design and development of an Atlas Copco assembly power tool for the future aerospace industry. The aim of the degree project is to investigate the future aerospace industry and to identify and develop the power tool with the most potential on the aerospace market. Hence, the tool must meet the customer present and future needs, with focus on an ergonomic design.
The first phase of the degree project was to understand the aerospace industry and its assembly processes. Information concerning the aerospace industry, aircraft assembly process and ergonomics regarding hand held assembly tools was gathered through literature studies and field trips to aircraft manufacturers. After the initial phase, problems concerning the industry and the assembly process were analysed and potential projects of power tool development identified. Further, a project was selected and a design brief of a power tool was settled. The brief was followed by identification of customer needs and establishment of product specifications. The project entered the concept generation phase where prototyping was the main method. Prototyping was importantly conducted due to the focus on ergonomic hand held tool design. By creating prototypes in clay, foam and finally 3D-printed parts, the concept evolved throughout the project. Concept selection was based on testing the prototypes, structured methods as well as discussions with Atlas Copco.
The final design is presented with 3D-renderings and a prototype together with guidelines for further development. Renderings and the prototype show the ergonomic design of the tool, which is able to hold the needed components for a technical solution. (Less)
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- author
- Hasselberg, Nathalie and Sundell, Amanda
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MMK920 20151
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9005019
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abstract = {{The future prospects of the aerospace industry are bright, with the 2009 aerospace forecast stating that the world commercial aircraft fleet will more than double over the next 20 years. Although, the future use of aircraft materials, and accompanied assembly processes, are rather uncertain. The future of assembly processes has to be assessed in order for suppliers of assembly power tools to develop products that meet the demands. This degree project presents design and development of an Atlas Copco assembly power tool for the future aerospace industry. The aim of the degree project is to investigate the future aerospace industry and to identify and develop the power tool with the most potential on the aerospace market. Hence, the tool must meet the customer present and future needs, with focus on an ergonomic design.
The first phase of the degree project was to understand the aerospace industry and its assembly processes. Information concerning the aerospace industry, aircraft assembly process and ergonomics regarding hand held assembly tools was gathered through literature studies and field trips to aircraft manufacturers. After the initial phase, problems concerning the industry and the assembly process were analysed and potential projects of power tool development identified. Further, a project was selected and a design brief of a power tool was settled. The brief was followed by identification of customer needs and establishment of product specifications. The project entered the concept generation phase where prototyping was the main method. Prototyping was importantly conducted due to the focus on ergonomic hand held tool design. By creating prototypes in clay, foam and finally 3D-printed parts, the concept evolved throughout the project. Concept selection was based on testing the prototypes, structured methods as well as discussions with Atlas Copco.
The final design is presented with 3D-renderings and a prototype together with guidelines for further development. Renderings and the prototype show the ergonomic design of the tool, which is able to hold the needed components for a technical solution.}},
author = {{Hasselberg, Nathalie and Sundell, Amanda}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Future Aerospace Assembly}},
year = {{2019}},
}