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NOV 26, 2003 (newstodate): Stork Aerospace has opened a new GLARE production plant in Holland.
Stork has been selected by Airbus to produce the upper fuselage section of the Airbus A380, 129 of which have so far been ordered by airlines.
The application in the fuselage of the A380 requires a production capacity for 27 fuselage panels up to 11 metres long, with a total area of 470 square metres of material per aircraft.
A 750 metres track system has been built for the transport and sorting of the aluminium sheets, using 4,000 hooks and pulleys. The material is hardened at high temperature and pressure in an autoclave, which with a length of 23 metres and a diameter of 5.5 metres is one of the largest ovens in the world. The quality of the internal bonding of the laminates is checked by means of C-scan technology, in which ultrasonic signals are passed through the material.
Stork has been selected by Airbus to produce the upper fuselage section of the Airbus A380, 129 of which have so far been ordered by airlines.
The application in the fuselage of the A380 requires a production capacity for 27 fuselage panels up to 11 metres long, with a total area of 470 square metres of material per aircraft.
A 750 metres track system has been built for the transport and sorting of the aluminium sheets, using 4,000 hooks and pulleys. The material is hardened at high temperature and pressure in an autoclave, which with a length of 23 metres and a diameter of 5.5 metres is one of the largest ovens in the world. The quality of the internal bonding of the laminates is checked by means of C-scan technology, in which ultrasonic signals are passed through the material.