Ratier-figeac Sas

Arnaud Andrzejewski

Bruno Seminel

Pascal Amat

Ludovic Prunet

Patrick Moles

Pierre-Alex Picard

Catherine Delmas

Frédéric Vigier

A multi-layer braided article and a method of making the multi-layer braided article. The multi-layer braided article includes a braid extending along a first axis, wherein the braid is folded over itself to form a first layer and a second layer; and a wrapper laid over the first layer of the braid and extending circumferentially around the first axis, wherein the wrapper defines an edge of the first layer about which the braid is folded. The multi-layer braided article may form part of a blade for an aircraft. A sleeve may be provided around a conical portion of the article to connect the article to something else, such as a propeller hub, where the multi-layer braided article is formed as part of a blade. The sleeve may provide a primary or secondary load path.

Multi-layer braided article

A propeller blade assembly comprises a propeller blade having a blade root for attaching the propeller blade to a hub. The blade root has a radially outer surface. The assembly further comprises a collar mounted to the blade root. The collar comprises at least two collar segments assembled around the radially outer surface of the blade root. Each collar segment has a radially inner surface, an opposed radially outward surface and first and second circumferential end lugs. The lugs receive fasteners for coupling the collar segments together to form the collar. The collar segments are formed from a flexible plastics material and the radially inner surface of each collar segments engages the radially outer surface of the blade root only over a limited circumferential extent of the collar segment.

Propeller blades

A propeller blade comprises a fibre reinforced blade structure spar having a blade retention section formed at one end thereof, and at least one metallic formation spray deposited onto said blade retention section.

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Lissac-et-Mouret, France

Arnaud Andrzejewski