摘要:
A robotic end effector includes a line painting system and a spray painting system for painting features on a surface. The line painting system includes a flexible wick for flowing lines onto the surface.
摘要:
A method of attaching first 200 and second 300 aerofoil sections to each other is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: positioning one aerofoil section in an initial assembly orientation with respect to the other aerofoil section so that hinge elements 225, 325 on each aerofoil section are in alignment with each other, inserting a hinge shaft 450 through said aligned hinge elements to initially couple the aerofoil sections together whilst the aerofoil sections are in their initial assembly orientation; and rotating one aerofoil section relative to the other aerofoil section about a compound angle defined by the hinge shaft into a second orientation in which the aerofoil sections are in their final, assembled orientation relative to each other. An aerofoil assembly 100 is also disclosed.
摘要:
The invention relates in particular to an unprocessed extruded product for manufacturing a machined extruded product for the aeronautical industry, made of an Al-Cu-Li alloy with the following composition, as weight percentages: Cu: 2.0 - 6.0; Li: 0.5 - 2.0; Mg: 0 - 1.0; Ag: 0 - 0.7; Zn 0 - 1.0; and at least one element selected among Zr, Mn, Cr, Se, Hf and Ti, the amount of said element, if chosen, being 0.05 to 0.20 wt % for Zr, 0.05 to 0.8 wt % for Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % for Cr and for Se, 0.05 to 0.5 wt % for Hf and 0.01 to 0.15 wt % for Ti, Si ≤ 0.1; Fe ≤ 0.1; others ≤ 0.05 each and ≤ 0.15 in total, the balance being aluminium, having an unprocessed core (21) with an aspect ratio of at least 5 and at least one unprocessed flank (22) with an aspect ratio of less than 4 and in which the length direction is substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the core, characterised in that a portion of the unprocessed flank (22) connecting the unprocessed flank to the unprocessed core has decreasing thickness and in that the ratio of the thickness of said unprocessed flank (22) at the end of said unprocessed flank connected to the web (E221) to that at the end thereof opposite the core (E222) — i.e. E221/E222 — is less than 0.8, thus defining two substantially symmetrical concave areas. The invention also relates to the method for manufacturing a machined extruded product and to the corresponding machined extruded product. The products according to the invention are useful in particular for manufacturing floor beams and girders.
摘要:
An anti-friction sheet for improving the anti-friction properties of an object to be protected, said sheet being provided with: an insulating film; a resin layer that is disposed on the insulating film and contains a light-curable resin and hard particles that are supported by the light-curable resin; and a light-shielding film that is disposed on the opposite side of the resin layer to the insu - lating film, with the resin layer sandwiched therebetween.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminated product having a variable thickness and consisting of a heat-treated aluminum alloy, in which a variation in thickness of at least 10% lengthwise, between the thickest portion and the thinnest portion, is achieved by heat-rolling, the resulting laminated product having a variable thickness is solution heat-treated and soaked, and the laminated product, which has a variable thickness and which is thus solution heat-treated and soaked, is stress-relieved by controlled traction with a permanent deformation of at least 1 % in the thickest portion prior to natural or artificial aging. The products obtained according to the invention have a mechanical resistance that is improved by at least 5% in the thinnest portion and an improvement in stiffness of at least 15% in the thickest portion. The products according to the invention are useful in particular for producing lower or upper wing skins for an aircraft because the "buy to fly" ratio and the properties are simultaneously improved.
摘要:
An upper joint of a wing assembly of an aircraft includes an outboard upper wing panel, a center upper wing panel, a rib, and an upper joint assembly operatively interconnecting the outboard upper wing panel, the center upper wing panel, and the rib. In some embodiments, outboard upper stringers may be configured differently than center upper stringers. In some embodiments, a subset of the center upper stringers may not directly oppose the outboard upper stringers. In other embodiments, for at least a substantial fore/aft span of the upper joint, each of the center upper stringers may directly oppose an outboard upper stringer. In particular the present invention relates to An upper joint for a wing assembly of an aircraft, the upper joint comprising: an outboard upper wing panel (24) of an outboard wing box (20, 22); a center upper wing panel (28) of a wing center section (18); a rib (32) that is located between the outboard wing box and the wing center section; and an upper joint assembly (38) operatively interconnecting the outboard upper wing panel, the center upper wing panel, and the rib; wherein the upper joint assembly defines a mating plane (48) between the outboard wing box and the wing center section; wherein when the upper joint is in compression, the outboard upper wing panel expresses a compressive inward pressure toward the upper joint assembly; wherein when the upper joint is in compression, the center upper wing panel expresses a compressive outward pressure toward the upper joint assembly; and wherein a centroid (54) of the compressive inward pressure (50) across an acreage of the outboard upper wing panel when extended across the mating plane intersects the mating plane below or above where a centroid (56) of the compressive outward pressure (52) across an acreage of the center upper wing panel when extended across the mating plane intersects the mating plane.
摘要:
Methods and systems are generally described that inhibit debris (such as ice) accretions and/or remove debris (such as ice) accretions from the exterior surface of an aircraft. In some embodiments, the invention is a system for an aircraft comprising: a component of the aircraft having a surface; a plurality of piezo-kinetic actuators each positioned proximate to a portion of the surface; and a control unit coupled to the plurality of actuators, the control unit configured to actuate one or more of the actuators at one or more frequencies between about 1 Hz and about 1 kHz; wherein the actuators are each configured to introduce a displacement of the surface in three dimensions to inhibit a formation of ice on at least the portion of the surface and to break up existing ice formations on at least the portion of the surface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a support structure for an aircraft, which support structure comprises one or several bar elements (36) and one or several junction elements (37), wherein at least one bar element (36) comprises a transition region (9) which can be made to engage at least one junction element (37). When the transition region (9) of the bar element (36) engages the junction element (37), of which there is at least one, centric force transmission takes place between the bar element (36) and the junction element (37).