Tooling, Equipment and Auxiliaries for the closure of a longitudinal Barrel Joint: Butt strap integration and Lightning Strike Protection continuity

Topic description

Specific Challenge:

One or more conduction welding heads, auxiliary equipment and consumables for the closure of an 8m typical fuselage barrel utilizing a butt strap need to be designed, manufactured, supplied and serviced on-site for this topic. Furthermore, following barrel closure, results need to be analysed and additional functionalities regarding improved in-situ monitoring and control integrated into the welding head or heads. Please refer to the full topic descriptions document published in this call.