Passenger aircraft manufacturers are incorporating more composites components in their aircraft. Routine repair of these components for the airline plays a significant role in time and costs as part of these aircraft's maintenance. Air Canada is undertaking a series of type-trials to study the benefits of using electron-beam processing of composite components for routine on- and off-aircraft repair. The first component to be type-trialed will be the fairing from an Airbus A320 aircraft. The proposed type-trial will place an EB-cured component on an operational aircraft for 18 to 24 months. In this paper the preliminary test results before actual placing the component on the aircraft are presented comparing the present thermal-cured repair process with the proposed EB-curing process. These results indicate that the EB-cured repair should perform as well or better than the present thermal-cure process.
Preliminary test results for a type-trial repair on air Canada airbus aircraft fleet
1998
9 Seiten, 6 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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