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News archive: Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability & System Reliability - LBF

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1 May 2025 Clamping element developed at Fraunhofer IWU for automated fixation and joining of thermoplastic carbon fibre composites in aircraft door components.

Fraunhofer partners cut aircraft door build time

The project team replaced metals with weldable thermoplastics and redesigned processes to create a modular, fully automated assembly system.

20 April 2023 EcoRudder: Development of a new green sustainable structural aircraft component – a project funded by the European Union's Clean Aviation Research Program under Horizon Europe and led by Airbus. Picture: EcoRudder project partners

Collaboration explores potential for thermoplastic rudder

Four partners will collaborate on the work package in FASTER H2, called EcoRudder, which focuses on the development of a new generation rudder structure for a single-aisle commercial aircraft.