- Patent Title: Method, injection moulding tool for manufacturing a leading edge section with hybrid laminar flow control for an aircraft, and leading edge section with hybrid laminar flow control obtained thereof
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Application No.: US15457499Application Date: 2017-03-13
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Publication No.: US10377464B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Pablo Cebolla Garrofe , Álvaro Calero Casanova , Soledad Crespo Peña , Carlos Garcïa Nieto , Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso , Enrique Guinaldo Fernandez , Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz , Alvaro Torres Salas
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Applicant Address: ES Getafe (Madrid)
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Getafe (Madrid)
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf LLP
- Priority: EP16382109 20160314
- Main IPC: B64C3/26
- IPC: B64C3/26 ; B29C45/00 ; B29C45/14 ; B29C45/40 ; B29C69/00 ; B29C33/48 ; B29K105/06 ; B29L31/30 ; B29C33/30 ; B64C3/28 ; B64C21/06 ; B29K105/12

Abstract:
This disclosure relates to the manufacturing of a leading edge section with hybrid laminar flow control for an aircraft. A manufacturing method involves: providing an outer hood, a plurality of elongated modules, first and second C-shaped profiles having comprising cavities, and an inner mandrel; assembling an injection molding tool by placing each profile on each end of the inner mandrel, arranging a first extreme of each elongated module in one cavity of the first profile and a second extreme of the module in another cavity of the second profile, both cavities positioned in the same radial direction; and placing the hood on first and second profiles to close the tool. Further, the injection molding tool is closed and filled with an injection compound comprising thermoplastic and short-fiber. Finally, the compound is hardened and demolded.
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