Kuka Systems Aerospace已获得美国直升机协会国际卓越奖的新装配概念，这些概念将用于建设贝尔直升机的525毫无痛苦的概念。The award, presented at the charity’s annual awards banquet last night in Virginia Beach, VA, is given each year to a supplier “which through the quality of, innovativeness and cost-effectiveness of its products, has made a notable contribution to the vertical flight industry.”
“We accept this honor with great pride and with gratitude for the support of a tremendous partner in Bell, which recognized the value in our concept and placed its faith in us,” says Robert Reno, Group Vice President, KUKA Systems Aerospace.
Kuka为新钟525的概念是组装旋翼飞机的主要出发。Kuka工艺工程团队与Bell的工程人员合作工作，基于工业装配线原理开发了一种码垛流程。主机建在一个主要夹具中，该主要夹具沿着装配站移动。从该夹具中添加或删除辅助工具，以允许在每个站执行不同的工作任务。
传统的装配方法是在专用夹具中构建每个组件，并且当完成特定任务时，删除该组件并将其放入另一个夹具以进一步构建它。结果是飞机每个主要部分的渐进积累，但每个主要部分都有许多不受控制的变化和每一个耐受性问题。组分和部分的最终交配通常需要显着的临时调整，以迫使轮落外或未对准的组分到位。这在整个航空航天工业中是典型的。
码垛组装提供了在传统过程中的许多优势，非常显着地改善了整体质量。该过程促进了专业化和可重复性。结果往往更精确，可变性较小。简化了组件和最终整个部分的配合。一切都倾向于第一次适应，需要较少的临时调整。结果是更漂亮的，更快的流量，利用人力更有效地使用。
KUKA is manufacturing all tooling for the forward, mid and aft fuselage as well as all tooling for the tailboom, engines and transmission and mating of all major structures on the 525 Relentless. Bell is offering the 525 for a wide range of non-military missions requiring a super medium to light heavy class helicopter.
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