Connecting aircraft structuresLaser technology for easier flying
The Fraunhofer IWS has made progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts. As part of the EU's Clean Sky 2 program, a team of researchers from Dresden demonstrated the chipless joining of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic component structures in the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD) project.
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On the left side of the MFFD, the process approach developed at the Fraunhofer IWS produced the final longitudinal seam connection between the upper and lower halves of a section of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermo-Plastics (CFRTP) measuring eight by four meters - in original size. © Clean Aviation