Automated net-shape preforming of MAAXIMUS C73 frames

Kurzfassung

High-performance composite structures are increasingly used in today’s airframes due to the excellent weight-specific mechanical performance. The announced ramp-up for next- generation aircrafts demands the next step in composite manufacturing in order to produce parts with excellent geometrical accuracy in high-rate processes. Within the European FP7 project MAAXIMUS a side shell structure was chosen as demonstrator. As part of MAAXIMUS fuselage panel, two door-surrounding frames have been manufactured by an automated preforming cell which is part of a fully automated Resin-Transfer-Molding (RTM) production line