Following the Aviation Strategy for Europe, aviation is a strong driver of economic growth, jobs, trade and
mobility for the European Union. It plays a crucial role in the EU economy and reinforces its global
leadership position. At the same time, growth in air traffic in Europe and worldwide needs to be reconciled
with maintaining high standards of aviation safety and security, as well as reducing aviation's environmental
footprint and contributing to the fight against climate change.
WELTMAP has the ambition of representing a breakthrough in technology and approach to simplify
manufacturing in LRI processes. This simplification will impact directly in cost of toolings.
WELTMAP will assure maximum level of integration and reduction of assembling work with the use of a
"one shot" process being able to obtain a part which comprise 3 spars and one skin.
Besides this tooling will be suitable not only for LRI but for automated lay up and prepreg too.
Apart from this, a better selection of materials will be carried out, trying to use natural materials if it is
possible, but taking into account that may be standard materials could be used in order to perform the
project.
With manufacturing process simplification, energy savings will be possible. Tooling will be self- heated, so
the fact of being and OOA process will impact in energy and cost savings.
This project will try to impact in competitively, high level job creation, safety and environmental footprint of
aviation.
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