ASA

Profile ID: UNT-4631

Airbus Aerostructures GmbH
Bergstraße 4
26954 Nordenham

Company overview

Manufacture focus, service offers:

Production and assembly of aircraft fuselage shells made of metal and fiber composites

Production / processing of metallic materials (aluminum, steel, titanium)
- Profile processing (edging, profiling, stretch forming, beading, milling)
- Large sheet metal forming up to 12m
- Large sheet metal processing up to 12m
- Chemical/mechanical removal of metals and fiber composites
- Bonding technology for fiber-metal laminates (FML / glare)
- Automated surface protection technology
- Laser welding technology
- Automated riveting technology

Production/processing of composite materials: Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), fiber/metal laminates (FML /Glare)
- Automated CFRP placement technology / Automated Fiber Placement (AFP)
- Automated stringer integration
- Autoclave technology / curing of composite materials
- Mechanical processing of composite materials
- Quality assurance

Assembly of aircraft structures made of metallic and/or composite materials
- Automated riveting technology
- Main field assembly
- Shell assembly
- Section assembly

Technology usage:

Metal processing
- Drawing press for large sheets
- Round roll
- Milling gantries
- Mechanical 3D surface milling machine
- Chemical removal
- Electroplating
- Automated surface protection technology
- Profile drawing press
- Profile milling machine
- Autoclave
- Laser beam welding system
- Automatic riveting machine
- Flexible assembly station for main field, shell and section assembly

CFRP processing
- Fiber placement system
- Autoclave
- Water jet cutting system
- Station for CFRP stringer integration and vacuum build-up
- Automatic riveting machine
- Flexible assembly station for main field, shell and section assembly

Quality assurance
- 3D measurement technology
- NDT ultrasonic testing technology for glare and CFRP panels

Know-how:

Metal processing
- Stretch forming processes of complex metal structures
- Production of aluminum sheets with local thickness adjustment by chemical ablation and mechanical 3D surface milling
- Mechanical surface and outline processing of 3D geometries
- Surface protection technology for profiles and large shells
- Processes for electroplating profiles and large sheets
- Bonding technology for aircraft structures and/or components and fiber-metal laminates
- Laser welding of metal structures
- Automated riveting technology for complex aircraft structures
- Main field and shell assembly of aircraft structures

CFRP processing
- Automated fiber placement processes for CFRP structures
- Automated stringer integration
- Mapping of the entire curing process for CFRP components (vacuum build-up / curing)
- Outline processing / water jet cutting of CFRP shells
- Automated quality assurance (NDT / ultrasonic testing technology)

Superordinate
- Design of production processes according to LEAN principles
- Automated logistics center
- Use / implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies
- Neutralization of galvanic input materials and waste water
- Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001 through DASA certification
- Certification according to DIN EN 14001 through DNV certification

Export countries:

worldwide

Supplier to business branches:

Aircraft construction, aviation, aerospace