Manufacturing Industry
Creep age forming enables strong wings for Airbus 380.(FORMING/PROCESSING)
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2005
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A creep age forming process that shapes the wing skins for the Airbus A380 has reportedly been developed by Qinetiq, Arlington, Va. The process combines the required heat treatment, which strengthens the wing, and the forming of the wing, which increases throughput and helps to reduce manufacturing costs.
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In addition, Qinetiq's innovative modeling tools have enabled Airbus UK to build the massive wings on time and to an exacting specification. The models enabled tool shapes for the A380 upper wing skin project to be designed in just three days, compared to the six months that would ...
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