Method for manufacturing a panel made of composite material incorporating a lightning protection means, and panel made of composite material manufactured by way of said method
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsCyrille Collart, Richard Murillo
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a panel made of composite material incorporating a lightning protection arrangement which comprises strips with a conductive layer. The method comprises a step of laying the strips in an automated manner, the strips having a width of less than 20 mm and being distributed in a first set of mutually parallel strips that are laid in a first laying direction and a second set of mutually parallel strips that are laid in a second laying direction that intersects the first laying direction. A panel made of composite material manufactured by way of this method is also disclosed.
Claims3
A method for manufacturing a fuselage panel of an aircraft made of composite material incorporating a lightning protection means which comprises strips with a conductive layer, comprising the steps:
- laying the strips in an automated manner, the strips having a width of less than 20 mm, said laying comprising
- laying a first set of mutually parallel strips each having a conductive layer in a first laying direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft and
- laying a second set of mutually parallel strips each having a conductive layer in a second laying direction parallel to a transverse direction of the aircraft and perpendicular to the first laying direction,
- wherein the strips of the two sets of strips are spaced apart,
- wherein the strips of the first set are spaced apart by a distance equal to their width and the strips of the second set are spaced apart by a distance equal to four times their width to obtain the best compromise between an electrical conductivity and a mass of the lightning protection means.
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