Aviation - new technology for the manufacture of CFRP components

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Aviation - new technology for the manufacture of CFRP components - World's first pressure bulkhead demonstrator manufactured from carbon fibre reinforced plastic made at DLR-ZLP

A perfectly manufactured pressure bulkhead is essential for safe flight. This component forms an airtight barrier between the passenger cabin – and the rest of the pressurised fuselage – and the tail section. Only with this bulkhead can the correct air pressure be maintained in the aircraft. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has demonstrated an innovative technology that enables the welding of pressure bulkheads made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). Using this method, DLR's Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology (Zentrum fuer Leichtbauproduktionstechnologie; ZLP) in Augsburg was able to produce a 1:1 scale demonstrator component very quickly. The production-quality pressure bulkhead for aircraft of the A320 family was designed by leading aeronautics industry supplier Premium AEROTEC and manufactured in collaboration with a number of research establishments. The CFRP component is now on display at the ILA Berlin Air Show.


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