Aircraft Paint, Maintenance and Manufacturing Solutions

Spirit AeroSystems – Wichita, USA

Module Segment Loader for production of Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane
This special product is based on the CTI-Move technology and has full omnidirectional capabilities. The objective is to provide a means of transporting and installing aircraft floor board assemblies in an aircraft fuselage in the safest, most efficient and most reliable method. With a movement capability of 6 degrees of freedom and a positioning accuracy of 2 thousands of an inch, aircraft floor boards are installed in the cockpit section of Boeing 787.

The Module Segment Loader provides cell to cell transport and positioning of the load into the fuselage and several staging locations in the building. The control system provides all required motion and accessory control, operator inputs, system interfaces, and safeguards and protections.

The system was designed to meet all performance requirements under continuous usage, 24 hours per day; 7 days per week.

Technical features:

• The maximum travelling speed is 60 fpm ~ 18 meters / min.
• The weight capacity is 15000 lbs ~ 6800 kg

In the fuselage approach phases, longitudinal, lateral and yaw movements are achieved thanks to the omnidirectional capability of the four wheel drives. The vertical hoist movement is actuated hydraulically and has a lifting stroke of 165 inches ~ 4200 mm.

Longitudinal, lateral, vertical, pitch, and yaw fine positioning movements are ensured via high precision electrical cylinders. The roll fine axis is actuated hydraulically.

Video cameras and laser pointer systems are also included as guidance supports to the operator.