Airbus Operations Sl

Maria Aranzazu Garcia Patino

Enrique Vera Villares

David Martin Calvo

Steffan Prys Thomas

David Lopez Fernandez

Beatriz Quesada De Francisco

Jose Alberto Rojo Carrion

Jose Roman Martinez Rueda

Juan Pablo Melian Brinquis

Jose Luis Sen Pacios

Antonio Marquez Gavilan

An aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU) flexible and fireproof drainage device including a bellows which receives leakage fluids from an APU engine; a drain pipe which transfers leakage fluids outside the aircraft from the bellows, and a support piece surrounding the drain pipe. The bellows connects the APU engine with the drain pipe. The support piece provides stability to the bellows and the drain pipe.

Flexible and fireproof APU drainage device

The method comprises the manufacture of a front section () and an rear section () with an assembly structure integrated into the rear section and the subsequent assembly of the two sections. The manufacture of the front section () comprises the manufacture of a main portion () of the front section separated from a coupling portion () of the front section. The assembly of the two sections comprises the assembly of the main portion () with the group comprising of the rear section assembly () and the coupling portion () of front section.

Method for assembling fuselage sections of an aircraft

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Getafe-Madrid, Spain

Maria Aranzazu Garcia Patino