High-Performance Composites

JAN 2013

High-Performance Composites is read by qualified composites industry professionals in the fields of continuous carbon fiber and other high-performance composites as well as the associated end-markets of aerospace, military, and automotive.

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source: airbus FEATURE / A400M WING ASSEMBLY 12,000 reasons to be careful 1519 Eastgate Dr. Cleveland, OK 74020 918-358-5881 Fax: 918-358-3750 E-mail: email@decomp.com Web Site: www.decomp.com ISO 9001:2008 30 | high-performance composites about 95 percent of the holes drilled in each a400m wing are generated by the automated electroimpact drilling system, but the balance is hand-drilled. Drilling currently takes a little more than eight days. skins are drilled in place, removed, deburred and then attached with bolts that include a sealant to prevent fuel leakage. ing equipment, transported via crane to the ���rst of two Stage 2 workstations, called Pre-Equip 1, and oriented ���at on a new work ���xture that gives operators and installers easy access to the wing���s leading and trailing edges. At this stage, Airbus conducts a series of metrology checks with laser trackers and photo-imagery to verify that the wing meets a variety of critical dimensional speci���cations. Workers

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