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European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Eads France Airbus Group Sas

Daniel Aliaga

Guillaume Abrivard

Dominique Schuster

Fernand Vinhas

Elisa Campazzi

Thomas Navarre

Frédérick Cavaliere

Francois Marie

Marie-Paule Guillou

Christophe Paris

Gilles Foucher

François Marie

Baptiste Guerin

Michel Saint Mleux

Frédéric Cavaliere

A part made of a fiber-reinforced composite material includes a structure made from a set of fibers supported in a thermosetting resin and a peel ply across all or part of the outer surface of the structure. The part has a gradient of polymerization at the interface between the structure and the peel ply. Also, methods for making such a part and methods for bonding such parts.

Pre-polymerized thermosetting composite part and methods for making such a part

A device for protecting an airfoil element made of a complex comprising a polymer film, a metal strip deposited on a part of the polymer film and an adhesive element to attach the polymer film on the airfoil element. The polymer film forms a protection against sand abrasion. The metal strip forms a protection against water abrasion of the airfoil element on which the complex is attached.

Protective mat for leading edges of airfoil elements

A drill bit having an interior canal for liquid nitrogen to pass longitudinally through the body of the drill bit. The canal has, on the side of a cutting edge of the drill bit, at least one liquid nitrogen ejection duct that opens near the cutting edge which is formed by an insert made with polycrystalline diamond fixed to the body of the drill bit. A device for drilling a metal-composite stack includes the drill bit, a liquid nitrogen production unit and a distribution network to distribute the liquid nitrogen. The device drills through a metal-composite stack in a single pass of the drill bit. The liquid nitrogen at cryogenic temperature is conveyed close to the cutting edge, at least while the cutting edge is in contact with the metallic material.

Drilling tool and device for drilling with cryogenic cooling and method for drilling a stack of heterogeneous materials

A method for repairing a defect affecting a weld. A sheet of filler metal is placed on the surface of the welded part, next to the region of the defect. The sheet is locally welded to the welded part in the region of the defect using a friction stir welding tool having a retractable welding pin. The welded part and the sheet are separated such that the filler metal amalgamated with the metal of the welded part remains in position. The local welding operation includes successively performing the following: setting the welding tool into rotation and putting it under pressure; inserting the pin to a small distance from the anvil while maintaining or increasing the pressure on the shoulder of the welding tool; progressively retracting the pin while maintaining or increasing the pressure on the shoulder; and stopping the pressure on the shoulder when the retractable pin has been retracted.

Friction stir welding: method and device for filling a hole at the end of welding or for repairing a welding defect

A method for drilling through an assembly forming a stack of at least two different materials uses a drill bit having at least a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge inclined in an axial plane of the drill bit so that the end of the drill bit has a projecting conical shape. The first cutting edge is configured to drill a first material. The second cutting edge is made differently from the first cutting edge, to drill a second material. A first rotational drive axis of the drill bit is laterally offset during the drilling by an offset distance D relative to the axis of the drill bit in a direction opposite the first cutting edge when the drill bit is drilling through the first material, and alternately, in a direction opposite the second cutting edge when the drill bit is drilling through the second material.

Method for drilling a stack of materials, drill bit and drilling device

The invention relates to a double shouldered welding device for the friction stir welding of parts, in which at least one shoulder has two concentric rings providing two plane concentric bearing surfaces, the rings being arranged so that the smaller-diameter ring is capable of compressing the stirred material of the parts to be welded during advance of the welding device and so that the larger-diameter ring is capable of forming a sink-in stop for the smaller-diameter ring. The invention also relates to a method of friction stir welding by means of the welding device according to the invention, in which said device is force-driven.

Double-shouldered welding device for the friction stir welding of parts, and welding method

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Aubervilliers, France

Daniel Aliaga