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ufacturing of Cocured Composite
Structures for Aircraft

specific structure that needs to be Techno-Economics
developed.
¡¡ Cocuring technology is one such
Available in Market approach wherein more than
50% of expensive fasteners can be
Autoclave processing of prepregs eliminated and assembly time is
is a well-established technology in reduced.
the aircraft industry. However, its
application to develop cocured and ¡¡ Composites materials bring in
integral parts and the associated overall reduction in life cycle
tooling is available with a very limited costs of a particular component
companies globally. by reducing the need for frequent
inspection, insensitivity towards
CSIR-NAL developed technology used corrosion etc.
in LCA Tejas and SARAS aircraft.

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