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Post by fanairbus on Aug 6, 2019 8:46:04 GMT 1
Airbus opens second A220 line as assemblies start at Mobile 05 August, 2019 SOURCE: FlightGlobal.com BY: Jon Hemmerdinger Boston www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-opens-second-a220-line-as-assemblies-start-at-460098/Airbus has started assembling A220s at its Alabama facility, a milestone coming nearly two years after the European airframer announced its intention to open a US A220 manufacturing site.
Also Airbus.com: Airbus begins U.S. production of A220 aircraft
There looks to be a lot of building of taxiways, the main building etc. to complete given the photo possibly of 21st July although they've started in part of the A320 building. It would be good if someone could arrow the different buildings here to show what they are - a la Toulouse/Hamburg sites.
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Post by airboche on Aug 6, 2019 10:39:19 GMT 1
They build A220 in A320 halls? (Temporarily) Now that gets me thinking...
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Post by mjoelnir on Aug 6, 2019 12:53:57 GMT 1
They build A220 in A320 halls? (Temporarily) Now that gets me thinking... There were new buildings erected for the A220. I do not know the internal distribution. But I would assume that some operations could be side by side with the A320 line, but not in the same space as the A320. In the video we see the assembly for the fuselage parts, with no space for the wing attachment visible. I again assume that the completed fuselage will than move to the station were wings are installed. Again a separate station from the A320, but no reason for it not being side by side. I do not think we see a temporary setup.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 6, 2019 14:12:04 GMT 1
They build A220 in A320 halls? (Temporarily) Now that gets me thinking... There were new buildings erected for the A220. I do not know the internal distribution. But I would assume that some operations could side by side with the A320 line, but not in the same space as the A320. In the video we see the assembly for the fuselage parts, with no space for the wing attachment visible. I again assume that the completed fuselage will than move to the station were wings are installed. Again a separate station from the A320, but no reason for it not being side by side. I do not think we see a temporary setup. They are doing the body join of the first A220 in the Airbus A320 FAL middle of the picture, the unfinished building on the right is new A220 FAL, when it's finished A220 production will move there. just left of middle is the increase to the paint shops, far left shelters for flight testing.
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Post by fanairbus on Aug 6, 2019 14:39:35 GMT 1
I just knew that you would know smb.
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Post by airboche on Aug 6, 2019 15:50:30 GMT 1
Looks like they were speeding up the production start at Mobile quite a bit. So the A220 will be built on a line and not in bays right?
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 6, 2019 16:10:54 GMT 1
Looks like they were speeding up the production start at Mobile quite a bit. So the A220 will be built on a line and not in bays right? Yes it will be built on a line like the Mobile A320 line. The latest FAL at XFW may be a line aswell ? i don't think they are speeding up A220 production at Mobile, it's just a lot cheaper to finish the training off Of the Mobile staff in Mobile rather than putting them all up at AB Canada !
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Post by mjoelnir on Aug 6, 2019 16:23:11 GMT 1
Looks like they were speeding up the production start at Mobile quite a bit. So the A220 will be built on a line and not in bays right? Yes it will be built on a line like the Mobile A320 line. The latest FAL at XFW may be a line aswell ? i don't think they are speeding up A220 production at Mobile, it's just a lot cheaper to finish the training off Of the Mobile staff in Mobile rather than putting them all up at AB Canada ! Every A320 family FAL is a line. The lines moves in steps from one tool to the other. The tools at all lines but in TLS are adjustable to the different type of frames as there are A319. A320, A321. The bay system is used only on the wide body frames. The line #4 in XFW uses moving laser guided vehicles, whereas the other lines use rigid tools and overhead cranes. The main difference at Boeing is that Boeing did a constant moving line, whereas Airbus has a stepping line.
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Post by philidor on Aug 7, 2019 10:07:30 GMT 1
What strikes me is that the first A220 is already in assembly in Mobile, whereas delivery is scheduled in Q3 2020. That's a slow process which suggests an initially low degree of automation.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Aug 7, 2019 10:55:41 GMT 1
What strikes me is that the first A220 is already in assembly in Mobile, whereas delivery is scheduled in Q3 2020. That's a slow process which suggests an initially low degree of automation. The Mobile staff are being trained while they build this one and the next 1 or 2.
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