Snapshot Dream big Boeing employees maneuver a new autoclave around a Dreamlifter at Boeing South Carolina last month during a two-hour trip from its on-site assembly area to the Aftbody building. It’s where employees use the site’s original autoclave to manufacture composite aft-fuselage barrels for 787 Dreamliners. Boeing is expanding the building to accommodate the new and bigger autoclave, which weighs 1 million pounds (463,600 kilograms) and measures 120 feet long by 32 feet wide (37 meters by 10 meters). It was transported on a specialized self-drive trailer with 21 axles and 336 tires. After sanding and painting the autoclave, employees will configure it with internal components, then ready it with special testing for 787 production next year. PHOTO : ALAN MARTS | BOEING 08 Boein g Frontie rs
Frontiers September 2015 Issue
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