RESCOLL implication in future first flight of AIRBUS A350 XWB MSN 1

The assembly of the first flying A350 XWB, MSN1, will start during summer. Many parts in this innovative plane (53% in composite materials) have been partially qualified by RESCOLL. RESCOLL has started for more than three years a quality program to offer qualified tests.

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RESCOLL Airbus Qualification Scope:

 AITM 2-0002-A/B: Resistance of Materials when tested according to the 12s or 60s vertical Bunsen burner test

 AITM 2-0003: Resistance of Materials when tested according to the 15s horizontal Bunsen burner test

 AITM 2-0004: Flammability of non-metallic materials – Small burner test, 45° – Determination of the resistance of material to flame and glow propagation, and to flame penetration

 EN 2377 (ISO 14130): Glass fibre reinforced plastics – Determination of apparent interlaminaire shear strength

 EN 2562: Carbon fibre reinforced plastics – Unidirectional laminates – Flexural test Composite parallel to the fibre direction

 EN 2563: Carbon fibre reinforced plastics – Unidirectional laminates – determination of apparent interlaminaire shear strength

 EN 2746: Glass fibre reinforced plastics – Flexural test – Three point bend method

 AITM 1-0007-A/B/C/D: Fibre reinforced plastics – Determination of plain, open hole and filled hole tensile strength

 EN 2561: Carbon Fibre reinforced plastics – Unidirectional laminates – Tensile test parallel to the fibre direction

 ISO 527-5: Determination of tensile properties – Part 5: Test conditions for unidirectional fibre-reinforced plastic composites

 AITM 3-0004 (EN 6043): Determination of gel time and viscosity

 EN 2564: Aerospace series – Carbon fibre laminates – Determination of the fibre, resin and void contents

 ISO 1183-1: Plastics – Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics – Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method

 AITM 1-0003: Determination of the glass transition temperatures (DMA)

 AITM 3-0002: Analysis of non-metallic material (uncured) by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

 AITM 3-0008 (EN6064): Determination of the extent of cure by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

 ISO 11358 (ASTM D3850 / ASTM E1131): Plastics – Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers

Rescoll could also perform test according to

 AITM 4-0005: Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fiber reinforced plastic. Qualifications are in process for:

 AITM 3-0027: Determination of the melting behavior and the extent of cristallinity of semi-crystalline materials by DSC

 AITM 1-0008: Determination of plain, open hole and filled hole compression strength

 AITM 1-0069: Determination of curved-beam failure load

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