APPLICATION OF INDUCTION WELDING TECHNOLOGY IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES

Abstract

Abstract: In recent years, the application of thermoplastic composites in civil aircraft is rapidly developed. Welding technology is an important connection process for thermoplastic composites manufacturing and essential process from single component to part. The induction welding technology introduced in this paper is one of the several welding methods used recently. In this technology, the induction coil is used to generate high frequency electromagnetic field, and then the susceptor material is heated. Induction welding is a stable process and can be realized continuously. The whole process is rarely affected by personnel factor. It is an important development direction to connect thermoplastic composites component in the future. Based on the nature of induction welding technology, this paper introduces the latest development of this technology. At the same time, this also introduces some experimental processing and devices. Finally, the temperature field distribution in the welding area is also briefly described, to help to evaluate the processing parameters.

Key words: civil aircraft, thermoplastic composite, induction welding

CLC Number:

TB332

YUAN Xie-yao, YANG Yang, JIAN Xue-zhen, XU Jie. APPLICATION OF INDUCTION WELDING TECHNOLOGY IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES[J]. Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites, 2017, 0(5): 99-104.

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