Breaking News! The official media has publicly revealed the follow-up production line of the J-35 fighter jet for the first time! The situation is urgent, and the J-35 may be mass-produced in advance, quickly shortening the production capacity ramp-up time
According to a report by CCTV's "Warbird Decoded" on July 7, while the CCTV host introduced the landing system of the Navy's new carrier-based fighter jet, the J-15T, and provided an exclusive close-up display of multiple J-15T fighter jets, multiple J-35 fighter jets (unpainted) were seen in the production workshop. Analysts pointed out that this is the first time that the follow-up production line of the J-35/J-35A fighter jet has been publicly disclosed (superior to the pulse production line), indicating that the J-35 series fighter jets are preparing to move from small-scale production to large-scale production. In order to quickly achieve batch production of fighter jets, it is possible that during large-scale expansion, the existing J-15 carrier-based fighter jet production line could be used for mixed agile production.
Analysts pointed out that according to reports by U.S. aviation media, the production method of the J-15T and J-35 fighter jets is rapidly moving from traditional fixed assembly lines to continuous mobile (follow-up), integrated, and highly integrated assembly lines. By observation, it can be seen that with the continuous improvement of digital assembly technology, as well as the extensive use of flexible tooling, new generation intelligent logistics, and advanced technologies such as aircraft lean production management, the production capacity of the J-35/J-35A fighter jet follow-up production line will rise much faster, possibly reaching a high-speed production state of about 10 aircraft per month within 24 to 36 months.
By observing, we see that the J-15T fighter jet and multiple J-35 fighter jets in the video have completed major component assembly, piping and major component connection, wing box assembly, horizontal wing assembly, horizontal stabilizer and vertical stabilizer assembly, installation of avionics and机电 systems, etc., so these aircraft should be at the rear station of the pulse production line, approximately between the 4th and 5th stations. The 4th station mainly performs functional tests such as power-on and pressure testing of the fighter jet, while the 5th station mainly handles system debugging of the flight control system and basic performance testing before delivery flight testing. Therefore, we can see various types of fighter jets not being in one production workshop.
It is worth noting that the overall layout of the J-35/J-35A fighter jet follow-up production line is linear, and the production line moves at a speed of about 1 meter per hour, roughly similar to the U.S. F-35 fighter jet follow-up production line.
This production line distributes the J-35 assembly instructions continuously along the assembly production line according to the scheduling results. Multiple fighter jets can be mixed and evenly arranged along the production line. Technical workers perform their tasks on workstations in the workshop and move with the slowly moving fighter jets. The required tooling operations, supporting equipment, and components to be installed are delivered to the accurate position at the line side by a dedicated material distribution system according to the intelligent production management system. Therefore, we can see that the space at the end of the production line is spacious, which is beneficial for the internal movement of the distribution system.
Analysts believe that the J-35/J-35A fighter jet follow-up production line is the third domestically produced aircraft follow-up production line after the C-919 linear follow-up production line, and its significance is very significant. This means that if there are no order or technical interference factors, the production and delivery speed of the J-35/J-35A fighter jets will be very fast.
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