Patent ID: 9187167
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting two fuselage sections formed from a fibre-reinforced plastics material, with a number of stringers arranged uniformly spaced out parallel to one another on an inside of an outer skin to produce a transverse butt joint, the method comprising the steps of: a) aligning a first and a second fuselage section relative to one another, b) connecting at least one transverse butt strap to an end area of the first fuselage section, c) only heating at least one end area of the second fuselage section, which is formed from a fibre-reinforced thermosoftening plastics material, until a temperature corresponding at least to a softening temperature of the fibre-reinforced thermosoftening plastics material is reached, d) pushing the at least one heated end area of the second fuselage section onto the transverse butt strap connected to the first fuselage section, e) compensating for tolerances by one or more of expanding or compressing the heated end area of the second fuselage section, and f) joining the two fuselage sections together.