This 1.2- x 0.7-meter carbon fiber/PAEK challenge panel features prefabricated stringers fused to a skin that was simultaneously consolidated using a solid lower tool with cavities for stringers and a ...

Joggle Press operator Rich Harrison prepares the first 737 MAX fuselage stringer for the press by brushing on lubricant. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 10-14-2014] Boeing has started production of the ...

Boeing’s technical problems with the 787 Dreamliner go beyond the upper wing join issue publicly acknowledged by the company. Engineers have discovered wrinkles in the fuselage skin just behind the ...

The body of Boeing's 737 jetliner is fabricated in sections at a Wichita factory. Whistle-blowers say ill-fitting parts were installed on fuselages, which later were shipped to Renton, Wash., where ...

Stringers are attached to the fuselage skin using a robot to weld the thermoplastic composites. Credit: German Aerospace Center DLR A fuselage upper shell made of thermoplastic composites has been ...

Boeing engineers insist they are confident in the long-term structural integrity of the 787’s composite fuselage, saying extensive testing and examination has shown that the fuselages retain ...

Airbus will roll out the first of two carbonfibre fuselage demonstrator barrels this month as it prepares the ground for production of the A350 XWB. The A350 fuselage's structural design comprises ...

Boeing said on August 14 that it had ordered work to stop on fuselages being built by Italy's Alenia for the new 787 Dreamliner after discovering flaws. Boeing ordered the work to stop on June 23 "due ...

Boeing has started production of the first 737 MAX fuselage stringers at Boeing Fabrication Integrated AeroStructures in Auburn, Washington. Stringers run the length of the fuselage structure giving ...

Boeing has started making the first parts for its 737 MAX airliner, the company announced Monday. The 737 MAX is a version of Boeing's single-aisle workhorse updated with new, more-efficient engines, ...