Aerospace construction

Bonding composites: aerospace, automotive and railway construction

Figure 1 - Bonded composite parts in a modern fighter aircraft (source: Hexcel Composites 2002)

Figure 2 - Aircraft manufacturing techniques (source: Avions Dassault)

Figure 3 - Autoclave for heat-curing adhesives and composites (source: Aeroform)

Figure 4 - Bonded composite parts on a commercial aircraft (source: Hexcel Composites)

Figure 5 - Closing, sealing and assembly of sandwich panels (sources: Vantico and H.C. Gill (USA))

Figure 6 - Fibrelam folding-gluing technology (Ciba Geigy technical documentation)

Figure 7 - Manufacture of F 15 airbrakes (source ASM International)

Figure 8 - All-composite fin construction for the SF 340 aircraft

Figure 9 - F 18 wing attached to fuselage (source: ASM International)

Figure 10 - Composite parts bonded to a helicopter (source: Hexcel Composites – Catalogue 2002)

Figure 11 - Adhesives, sealants and fillers: use in a commercial aircraft (source: Loctite Aerospace)

Figure 12 - Ariane V launcher: bonded composite parts (source: Hexcel Composites documentation)

Figure 13 - Two-component adhesive deposits with a robot in the automotive industry (source: PSA - Peugeot Citroën)

Figure 14 - Structural bonding of shields and bumpers (source: Adhesives and sealants ASM International)

Figure 15 - Cylinder tubes and capacities wound by filament winding, with end caps and cardan shafts bonded by epoxy adhesives

Figure 16 - Bondable parts (composites, metals) on a bus (source: Motor Coach Industry/ITW Plexus)

Figure 17 - Example of subway and RER car doors

Figure 18 - Composite materials suitable for bonding in railway equipment (source: Hexcel Composites)