Airbus production relies on precision from Kamen



The Airbus is one of the world's most modern commercial aircraft. Airbus aircraft of type A321 have rolled out of the hangar in Hamburg-Finkenwerder since 1992. In the meantime, more than 200 units have been delivered by DASA and their European partners to customers all over the world.

Since 1995 the smallest member of the Airbus familiy, the A319, has been built in Hamburg. This is the first time since the end of the war that large passenger aircraft have been completely built and delivered in Germany.
The most modern control technology is required so that the aircraft, some of which carry more than 400 passengers, can be produced up to the first take-off. A control technology to which VAHLE is making an essential contribution in the assembly of the Airbus fuselage in the new DASA "Wide body transfer line".

The first step in the 70 m long assembly line is the transporting and positioning of the individual segments which is carried out with high precision. The VAHLE data communication system SMG is then responsible for the joining of the segments: The two automatic riveting machines move synchronously around the parts of the fuselage and join them together. Since the automatic riveting machines are controlled fully automatically, the SMG system is responsible for the necessary data communication between the machines and the control center. Parallel to the SMG system there is a circular conductor line, the so-called U 10 ring, which surrounds the fuselage. This supplies the necessary power to the automatic riveting machines. Thus, VAHLE uses the most modern technology which meanwhile has helped the Airbus to reach a 40% share of the world market.





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