Milestone 5: Development of AM methods (May 2021)
Application of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology to the repair of composite aircraft structures.
Category: 5 Field & Onsite Repair of Composite Structures
Milestone 4: Demonstration (December 2019)
A representative repair will be done using the generated data file and a milling robot.
Milestone 3: Development of software for combining inspection and geometry data (data fusion)
The geometry of the repair panel will be measured and combined with the damage inspection data. The resulting data file will be used for the milling process.
Milestone 2: Selection of the inspection method
There will be more methods selected in the project. Ultrasound and Thermography will be part of the investigation.
Milestone 1: Determining the repair method
Within this milestone the repair method was selected that will be used in the project. It is important to select a method that can be automated.