Title: Adhesives as an aid to the assembly of aerospace components
Abstract: It is proposed to use thick adhesive films to assist in the assembly of sheet metal components into sub-assemblies for the aerospace industry. In this application the adhesive is not used to bond the components together structurally but is used to accommodate misfit between components due to their flatness tolerance, and thereby subdue the burns that are formed when the components are drilled in preparation for riveting. This short paper discusses initial results showing how the adhesive film prevents the formation of burrs. It also reports the behaviour of dispensed adhesive beads when filling the tapered gaps generated in the varying geometry associated with the out-of-flatness of the components. The experimentation shows that surface tension effects result in non-linear variations in the filling of such tapered gaps.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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