CUSTOMER CHALLENGE Customer wanted to lift and position aircraft structural sections which needed to be aligned very accurately with pre drilled holes on the surface of the aircraft fuselage frame. APPLICATION CONCERNS Due to the massive size of the structures they were very concerned about alignment issues for the holes drilled for Cleco fasteners. The current system they used involved a manual hydraulic jack system that took forever to align the structural members sufficiently, wasting a lot of man hours. Based upon the nature of the assembly process, they required the ability to individually locate each jacks lifting screw position, and based upon the location of each jack, a mechanical linkage between the jacks was not practical. SOLUTION A complete solution combining four Screw

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