How to collect Boeing for 10 days

• How to collect Boeing for

10 days

This plane is assembled at the factory in Renton, WA, United States. For 10 days, there are going to Boeing 737-800NG, the assembly process is constantly being upgraded and accelerated, he perfected to the last detail. As a whole, the series NG (Next Generation) is available from the end of the 90s and currently has the highest rate of efficiency - 99.7%.

Just the facts:

- 10 days - that is how much you need to assemble a Boeing 737

- 47 Boeing 737 aircraft on a monthly basis

- 12 000 people work on the Boeing 737 final assembly line

- production runs 24 hours a day from Friday onedelnika

- the line of the final assembly is movable, every night from 23 to 6 am the plane moves to the next position

- Assembly position called Flow Day (1 to 8), the 9th day - Buffer Day, 10th - Roll-out Day.

But first factory layout around Seattle. In Renton collected 737, and then the plane flies at Boeing Field Airport (BFI), which after a series of test flights is its transmission to the customer. Haul aircraft is collected and delivered to the customer in Everett, there is a center for tourists, the plant can be passed as part of the tour.

In 1952, the stocks of the Boeing plant came down the first jet passenger plane Boeing 707. It developed a series of subsequent modifications and Boeing narrow-body aircraft: -707, - 727, -737 and -757. consolidation of production in Renton was held in 2003. All engineering and support units have received a residence permit in the areas immediately adjacent to production. Such rearrangement increased the efficiency of management and interoperability. In this production area declined by more than 40%. Production is organized as a moving assembly line, in fact, - a first conveyor assembly of passenger aircraft in the world.

Today, the production program Renton are all modifications of the Boeing 737 NG aircraft. Here are assembled the latest version B737MAX aircraft. I've seen all three aircraft MAX (-7, -8, -9) at various stages of assembly in a hangar, but you can not take pictures until the process for the benefit of customers.

Note the following two pictures, they are hanging at the entrance to the production. First made in the 80s, the second - a modern scheme of the conveyor (!). The entire assembly line continuously moves at a speed of 5 cm / min!