Method for assembling modules into a load aerostructure of an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.U.
InventorsDiego García Martín, Carlos Flores Hernández
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Abstract
A method to load sub-modules into a aerostructure of an aircraft including: providing each sub-module with a connecting element wherein first holes are drilled in each of connecting element; drilling a second holes in the aerostructure a pattern corresponding to the first set of holes; assembling the at least one module assembly and the connecting elements by matching the second holes in the at least one structural part with corresponding ones of the first holes in the connecting elements and securing the sub-modules to the aerostructure by aligning the first holes to the second holes and attaching fasteners to the aligned holes, and attaching a connection between the sub-modules in the aerostructure.
Claims15
A method for assembling modules into a load aerostructure of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- a) providing at least one module assembly comprising at least a first submodule, a second submodule and at least one connection between the first submodule and the second submodule;
- b) providing connecting elements for the first submodule and the second submodule, wherein each of connecting elements includes one or more parts;
- c) drilling a first set of first holes with a final hole diameter in each of the connecting elements according to a predefined hole pattern for each of the connecting elements, wherein at least one of the first holes in a respective one of the connecting elements is spaced apart from another hole of the first holes in the same one of the connecting elements by a maximum distance B;
- d) after the step c), attaching each of the connecting elements to a respective one of the first submodule and the second submodule of the at least one module assembly;
- e) for each of the connecting elements, drilling a second set of second holes in a region of at least one structural part of the load aerostructure, wherein each of the second holes has the final hole diameter and is arranged according to the predefined respective hole pattern such that a respective second hole of the second holes corresponds to a respective first hole of the first holes;
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- f) after the step e), assembling the at least one module assembly and each of the connecting elements by matching each of the second holes in the at least one structural part with a corresponding first hole of the first holes in each of the connecting elements and securing each of the matched second and first holes with fasteners,
- wherein after the step f), each of the connecting elements is interposed between the region of the structural part of the load aerostructure and a respective one of the first submodule or the second submodule.
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