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Method for joining cured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft

US8808493B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Peter Sander · Hamburg, DE
Hans Marquardt · Jena, DE
Hauke Lengsfeld · Helmste, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 2011
Grant date	Aug 19, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1089
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for joining cured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft, including placing the stringers onto the at least one structural component, depositing and pressing respective vacuum film strips such that each strip is attached to a pair of stringers and present between the pair of stringers with the use of vacuum sealing means in such a manner that a continuous vacuum arrangement, comprising the covering vacuum films and the vacuum film strips, is formed, and pressurized joining of the stringers to the at least one structural component by means of the continuous vacuum arrangement formed.

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