Patent ID: 8766138
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B23K,B64C,B64F,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for producing a fuselage section of an aircraft via large-sized, in particular long, shell segments, comprising the following steps: a) joining at least two skin segments in a longitudinal direction and up to two skin segments in a transverse direction to form a large-sized skin field, wherein the length of the skin field in the longitudinal direction is at least 12 m, b) welding a plurality of integral stringers onto the skin field for forming a first large-sized skin field, and c) welding a plurality of circular ring-shaped integral and closed ring frames to the skin field to finish a second large-sized skin field; and d) forming the fuselage section from a number of first large-sized skin fields by applying closing to each other circumferentially on the second large-sized skin field.