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Device and method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite fuselage shell for an aircraft

US8911585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE
Premium Aerotec GmbH · DE

Inventors

Carsten Barlag · Hamburg, DE
Christian Steiger · Ravensburg, DE
Niels Deschauer · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 2012
Grant date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced fuselage shell for an aircraft, which fuselage shell for the purpose of reinforcement comprises several stringers that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the device includes a base frame comprising several supporting walls of different lengths for forming a curved mounting surface for the fuselage shell to be manufactured, wherein several actuators that extend radially outwards and that are longitudinally adjustable are affixed to the mounting surface, at the distal ends of which actuators in each case mold channels for receiving the stringers are attached, which mold channels are interconnected by means of flexible intermediate elements and/or further mold channels for forming a vacuum-tight closed mold surface.

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