Today on FRAME, we step into the production process of the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, highlighting its innovative design and ...

With this welding technique, the fuselage frames can be joined to the skin within five minutes. Resistance welding is also used to weld the studs to the stringers and formers in a "robot-on-robot" ...

As a result, necessary shims that reduce the misalignment of the upper and lower frames have not been installed or are mislocated. This means that, at specific fuselage frames, there might be a ...

Resistance welding in particular is characterized by high achievable strengths and is therefore of great importance for thermoplastic fuselage structures. Within the framework of TB-Rumpf, the welding ...

At a time when Allied aircraft were still largely made of wood, the Fokker DVII introduced a welded steel tube fuselage frame, a concept which was not copied by other countries for some years.