Patent ID: 11970289
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of providing the plurality of component parts of the aircraft airframe comprises, for each of the plurality of component parts:
providing a first digital model of that component part;
producing an initial physical part using the first digital model;
measuring a surface of the initial physical part;
creating a second digital model using the measurements of the surface of the initial physical part, the second digital model being a digital model of the initial physical part;
specifying one or more fastener holes in the second digital model; and
drilling one or more fastener holes in the initial physical part using the second digital model with the one or more fastener holes specified therein, thereby producing that component part of the aircraft airframe.