Method for producing a fiber metal laminate component of an airplane

A method for producing a Fiber Metal Laminate component of an airplane, comprising:

• using a manipulator system with an end effector and a control assigned to the manipulator system,
• stacking at least one metal layer and at least one unhardened fiber layer onto each other in a mould by the manipulator system in a stacking sequence, wherein each stacking cycle of the stacking sequence comprises:
• picking up one of the metal layers or the unhardened fiber layers from a respective supply stack as a layer to be stacked according to the stacking sequence,
• adapting, via the control, at least one operating parameter of the end effector depending on whether the layer to be stacked is one of the metal layers or one of the unhardened fiber layers,
• transporting the layer to be stacked to the mould,
• placing the layer to be stacked at a deposition surface in the mould,
• depositing the so placed layer to be stacked onto the deposition surface, and
• deforming, with the end effector, the layer to be stacked after the layer to be stacked is picked up from the supply stack and before the layer to be stacked is placed onto the deposition surface so as to adapt the form of the layer to be stacked to the form of the deposition surface, wherein both the metal layers and the unhardened fiber layers can be deformed by the end effector,
• wherein the end effector comprises a number of gripping elements for gripping the layer to be stacked during pick up, and wherein the gripping elements are activated separately or in groups by the control.