Ultrasonic welding was used to attach frames to clips and clips to the skin along with stringers in the lower shell module.
Credit: Airbus
As Airbus eyes advanced fuselage and wing designs that could enable single-aisle production rates of up to 100 aircraft per month, the airframer is reviewing promising weight reduction results from its recently completed MultiFunctional Fuselage Demonstrator project. Launched in 2014 under the...
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