Abstract

The new Airbus A350XWB has the largest % of an aircraft primary structure elements made of composites ever. Thus, it has been a huge challenge to manage thousands of CFRP Tons per year in the part manufacturing plants, and consequently, several initiatives to reduce, reuse and recycle scrap material has been developed during last few years. Illescas Plant is introducing new processes to reuse and recycle CFRP material from wing covers and fuselage parts. Two initiatives are running these days: Reusing of CFRP (prepreg) end of spools and end of rolls to manufacture rowing for stringers that allows to decrease the purchased material in the Plant.