Method and system for pre-treating a surface of non-installed mechanical connecting elements, and aircraft or spacecraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsRalf Schomaker, Jörn Skirke, Stefan Kreling
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Abstract
A method for pretreatment of a surface of non-installed mechanical connectors for production of an outer structure of aircraft or spacecraft includes providing a non-installed mechanical connector of which the surface is made of a metal material, mechanically and/or physically removing the surface of the mechanical connector, so that an adhesion-promoting layer is produced on the surface, and securing the mechanical connector to a structure after the surface of the mechanical connector has been mechanically and/or physically removed. A system and an aircraft or spacecraft are also disclosed.
Claims10
A method for pretreatment of a surface of non-installed mechanical connectors for production of an outer structure of aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- providing a non-installed mechanical connector that comprises a surface made of a metal material;
- mechanically and/or physically removing the surface of the mechanical connector so that an adhesion-promoting layer is produced on the surface;
- and
- securing the mechanical connector to a structure after the surface of the mechanical connector has been mechanically and/or physically removed.
A system for pretreatment of a surface of non-installed mechanical connectors for production of an outer structure of aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- a non-installed mechanical connector that comprises a surface made of a metal material;
- and
- a laser system for mechanically and/or physically removing a surface of the mechanical connector and/or a particle jetting system for mechanically and/or physically removing a surface of the mechanical connector, both systems configured to produce an adhesion-promoting layer on the surface.
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