All six types of McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company's 300 and 500 series helicopter main rotor (M/R) blades have metal abrasion strips on their leading edges to provide additional wear protection. These abrasion strips are secondarily bonded to the M/R blade's leading edge, within strict bond-line thickness tolerances. This operation must be done with a bonding tool that can provide proper heat transfer and pressure conditions that produce an excellent metal-to-metal bond between dissimilar metals. Furthermore, on some M/R blades, the tooling used to bond these abrasion strips cannot apply too much pressure aft of the leading edge spar due to the minimal structural support in this section of the M/R blade.


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    Title :

    Main rotor blade bonding automation


    Additional title:

    Automatisches Verbinden an Hubschrauberflügeln


    Contributors:
    Burgdorf, G.H. (author) / Edman, F.C. (author) / Gobeil, R.W. (author)


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 8 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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