28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-7.6.1

REPAIR CONCEPT SUPPORTED BY LASER REMOVAL AND INDUCTIVE HEATING

M. Kaden, R. Keck
DLR, Germany

Keywords: repair, rework, laser, inductive heating, carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics

The repair concept implies new non-contact thermal machining tools like a UV-Laser-System. The damage removal and the patch preparation by cutting the patch plies as well as the preparation of the repair surface can also be done by the laser system. Additionally, we investigated into inductive based patch integration.

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