Case study results for CNA Flextool use at the Vought Aircraft Industries, Hawthorne Site, Milledgeville, GA.
| Applications | Routing and drilling |
| System Configuration | Two five-axis router gantries 10′ x 100′ CNA POGO® flexible tooling system with three production cells – 1320 pockets – Total 880 POGO actuators |
| Parts | Fuselage panels Doors Window belts |
| Aircraft | 747 C-17 |
| Results | – Eliminated design and fabrication of 91 fixtures for $5.1M savings – Reduced skin panel inventory by 50% – Reduced tool storage space by 30,000 SF – Reduced production space 45,000 SF – Reduced ship-set cycle time by five days – Operating 7 days x 22.5 hours for 18 months – Supported production rate of 5.5 ship sets per month for 747 – Scrap rate reduced to 0.7% – System uptime on POGOs @ 97% since installation – Operation with third cell of POGOs @ over five ship sets/month – Improved hole tolerance to ±0.007″ – Improved trim tolerance to ±0.015″ – Eliminated secondary inspection process – Over 20,000 panels produced as of February 2001 – Implemented C-17 program within few months – Reusable on future programs |