The challenge of defining holes and fasteners for today’s complex airframes is becoming more apparent than ever. Implementing an efficient fastener management process is crucial to keeping an aircraft program on schedule. Taking an integrated approach to airframe design and manufacturing is critical to making well-informed design decisions so the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of fasteners in a single aircraft—and their location, specification, procurement, and installation requirements—can be effectively managed and communicated throughout the development process.
Syncrofit™ software is the only production-proven, CAD-integrated, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution for managing the complexities of airframe assemblies, with a particular emphasis on fastened structures. Syncrofit has broad capabilities to efficiently author, validate, and communicate both the engineering definition and the manufacturing assembly states of the airframe.
For design engineers, Syncrofit facilitates authoring of in-depth design data for detail parts, joints, fasteners, and holes to create complete 3D product definitions. The software stores the design data, linked to the associated geometry, directly inside the commercial 3D CAD model. It provides powerful tools for automating tedious design tasks, including:
Creating fastener patterns
Assigning complete hole, sealant, and installation requirements to fastener locations
Calculating fastener grip lengths
Verifying design rules such as edge distances, pitch, countersink depths, and fastener angularity
Loading and positioning fastener models and creating hole features
Generating model-based definition formats
Creating a bill of material (BOM) for fasteners and associated hardware.
For manufacturing engineers, Syncrofit facilitates the creation, management, and communication of the multiple manufacturing states required for assembling airframes with advanced manufacturing processes. Specific capabilities include:
Creating condition of supply packages for detail parts and assemblies
Capturing and visualizing assembly states such as Pilot Holes→Tack Fasteners→Final Fasteners
Integrating with NC programming systems for automated drilling and fastening
Exporting data to drive projection-guided assembly systems.
The challenge of defining holes and fasteners for today’s complex airframes is becoming more apparent than ever. Implementing an efficient fastener management process is crucial to keeping an aircraft program on schedule. Taking an integrated approach to airframe design and manufacturing is critical to making well-informed design decisions so the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of fasteners in a single aircraft—and their location, specification, procurement, and installation requirements—can be effectively managed and communicated throughout the development process.
Syncrofit™ software is the only production-proven, CAD-integrated, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution for managing the complexities of airframe assemblies, with a particular emphasis on fastened structures. Syncrofit has broad capabilities to efficiently author, validate, and communicate both the engineering definition and the manufacturing assembly states of the airframe.
For design engineers, Syncrofit facilitates authoring of in-depth design data for detail parts, joints, fasteners, and holes to create complete 3D product definitions. The software stores the design data, linked to the associated geometry, directly inside the commercial 3D CAD model. It provides powerful tools for automating tedious design tasks, including:
- Creating fastener patterns
- Assigning complete hole, sealant, and installation requirements to fastener locations
- Calculating fastener grip lengths
- Verifying design rules such as edge distances, pitch, countersink depths, and fastener angularity
- Loading and positioning fastener models and creating hole features
- Generating model-based definition formats
- Creating a bill of material (BOM) for fasteners and associated hardware.
For manufacturing engineers, Syncrofit facilitates the creation, management, and communication of the multiple manufacturing states required for assembling airframes with advanced manufacturing processes. Specific capabilities include:
- Creating condition of supply packages for detail parts and assemblies
- Capturing and visualizing assembly states such as Pilot Holes→Tack Fasteners→Final Fasteners
- Integrating with NC programming systems for automated drilling and fastening
- Exporting data to drive projection-guided assembly systems.
