Airbus (sas)

Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Operations Sl

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Corporation

Richard Murillo

Brett Alexander Macdonald

Mohammed Salim Rahamat

Franck Flourens

Mark A Murdoch

Kenneth William Burtt, Jr

Valentin Garcia Martinez

Pablo Perez Cabrero

Cyrille Collart

Matilde De La Mota Mendiola

Irene Borillo Llorca

Nathan Lagache

Romain Coëmet

Sebastien Dupouy

Valentin García Martínez

Valentin Garciá Martínez

Antoine Bregand

Kenneth William Burtt

Amaury Meyer

A resin film configured to hold a conductive metallic track against a panel. The resin film partially covers the conductive metallic track, such that the conductive metallic track has at least one region which does not have the resin film, so as to allow an electrical connection by contact. Thus, in the context of assembly on a panel, the metallic track incorporated between the panel and the resin film is protected, thus rendering this technical solution particularly robust. Furthermore, the resin film electrically insulates the metallic track from surrounding elements, and the regions which do not have resin film allow an electrical connection by contact.

Resin film

A composite panel having a plurality of carbon plies, a perforated metallic foil comprising several apertures and being directly secured to the plurality of carbon plies, and a protective layer made from resin reinforced with fibers which is secured to the metallic foil. The perforated metallic foil is embedded in the protective layer through its apertures. A free surface of the protective layer forms a top side of the composite panel. The thickness of the protective layer between the top side of the composite panel and the perforated metallic foil is at least 15 micrometers and the perforated metallic foil has a thickness of not more than 30 micrometers. The plurality of apertures in the aggregate defines an open area of not more than 40% of the surface area and a maximum distance between two opposed points in a perimeter of an aperture is equal to or less than 3 mm.

Composite panel comprising a perforated metallic foil for lightning strike protection and a perforated metallic foil

A method and device for inspecting the structural damage on the skin of an aircraft after a lightning strike, the skin has marks derived from the lightning strike, wherein the marks represent a Visual Damage (VD) and a Structural Damage (SD). The method includes for every mark: measuring the area of paint that has been removed by the lightning strike, and comparing the measured area with an area threshold value, wherein the threshold value is related to the Structural Damage (SD) of every mark.

Method and device for inspecting the damage to the skin of an aeroplane after a lightning strike

A metallic foil for lightning strike protection in a composite aerospace structure having a length, a width, and a thickness of not more than 30 microns. There are a plurality of pores of a predefined geometric shape extending through the thickness of the metallic foil and being distributed across a surface area defined by the length and the width of the metallic foil. The plurality of pores in the aggregate define an open area of not more than 40% of the surface area and the metallic foil has a weight of not more than 115 g/m. The metallic foil has a weight to conductivity ratio of not more than 0.40 gram-ohms per square.

Ultra-thin metallic foil for lightning strike protection

A method for manufacturing a panel made of composite material incorporating a lightning protection arrangement which comprises strips with a conductive layer. The method comprises a step of laying the strips in an automated manner, the strips having a width of less than 20 mm and being distributed in a first set of mutually parallel strips that are laid in a first laying direction and a second set of mutually parallel strips that are laid in a second laying direction that intersects the first laying direction. A panel made of composite material manufactured by way of this method is also disclosed.

Method for manufacturing a panel made of composite material incorporating a lightning protection means, and panel made of composite material manufactured by way of said method

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