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Method for joining aircraft fuselage elements by friction stir welding (fsw)

US8100316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Dirk Groβ · Stade, DE
Robert Alexander Goehlich · Hamburg, DE
Steffen Biesek · Hamburg, DE
Rolf Bense · Jork, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 2009
Grant date	Jan 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB23K20/1265
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for joining at least two aircraft fuselage segments (2, 3) by friction stir welding with a tool (8) generating friction heat for the partial plasticisation of an edge region (6, 7) of at least one of the two aircraft fuselage segments and a counter bearing (10) for absorbing the force exerted by the tool (8) on at least one of the two aircraft fuselage segments, wherein at least one of the two aircraft fuselage segments comprises at least one rib (17) and/or one stringer (16).In order to minimise the necessary expense incurred in association with the production aids for the FSW process, it is proposed that the at least one rib (17) and/or the at least one stringer (16) of the at least one aircraft fuselage segment (2, 3) should be used as a counter bearing (10).

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