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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One important task was to continuously and precisely guide the laminate to be applied and to press it onto the aircraft half-shells in a contour-accurate, width-dependent manner. At the same time, the laser beam was controlled and the temperature in the joining zone was recorded pyrometrically. © Clean Aviation