Facc Ag

Andreas Hoellrigl

Walter Fuerst

Konstantin Horejsi

Guenter Nelboeck

Boris Stubna

Ernst Haugeneder

Ludwig Loretz

A cascade element for a thrust reverser system of an engine, more particularly a jet engine, comprises a number of mutually adjacent deflecting vanes for deflecting an air flow, at least one of the deflecting vanes being twisted about its longitudinal axis at least along a twist longitudinal portion, and an engine having a cascade element of this type and to a method for producing a cascade element of this type, wherein additive manufacturing is carried out.

Cascade element for a thrust reverser system of an engine

The invention relates to a fan case for an aircraft engine in the region of the fan thereof, comprising a plurality of substantially cylindrically arranged fiber-reinforced plastic layers that are joined together, wherein a reinforcement ply made of a glass fiber-reinforced plastic is disposed between an inner layer and an outer layer. According to the invention, the reinforcement ply consists of at least 20 plies of a glass fiber-reinforced plastic, and that deformation layers are disposed on both sides of the reinforcement ply, which deformation layers have a lower strength than the reinforcement ply.

Fan case for an aircraft engine

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