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TANGO
The focal point of the TANGO project (Technology Application to the Near-Term Business Goals and Objectives) is on the development of monolithic wing and aircraft fuselage structures made of CFRP. This project is funded by the EU and technology partners are AIRBUS Deutschland GmbH, AIRBUS France und AIRBUS Spain, as well as ALENIA (Italy), NLR (Holland) and SONACA (Belgium). Their task is to manufacture aircraft fuselage structures with different production methods and materials such as the infusion methods, fiber placement process and the use of thermoplastic materials. |
TANGO project partners
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TANGO side panels with
window cutouts
CTC GmbH is involved in the production development and manufacture of two wing structures and a total of 12 fuselage structures using the liquid resin infusion method. Up to now, the stringers of the panels have been bonded to the skin by means of cold bonding. At present, a test fuselage panel is being manufactured by the CTC GmbH staff where the skin is manufactured together with the stiffening structure in one infusion process. The alignment of the stringers on the skin is carried out with a new positioning system that was developed within the PRO- CFK project. Structural component properties are expected to be improved by stitching textile stiffening structures to the skin fabric.
TANGO wing covers
Parallel to the TANGO project, the EMIR project (Engineering of Multifunctional Integrated CFRP Structures), deals with the production development and manufacture of double-shell aircraft fuselage structures made of CFRP. The TANGO follow-up project ALCAS (Advanced and Low Cost Aircraft Structure) will be working on the manufacture of monolithic CFRP wings and fuselage structures at CTC in the future.
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