EP0767509B1 - Indicateur d'usure, en particulier pour radome thermoplastique et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents
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- EP0767509B1 EP0767509B1 EP19960402117 EP96402117A EP0767509B1 EP 0767509 B1 EP0767509 B1 EP 0767509B1 EP 19960402117 EP19960402117 EP 19960402117 EP 96402117 A EP96402117 A EP 96402117A EP 0767509 B1 EP0767509 B1 EP 0767509B1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/42—Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
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- the present invention relates to a wear indicator, in particular for radome, and more specifically for radome thermosplastic injected. It also relates to a method of manufacture of a radome fitted with this erosion indicator.
- a radome is a protective dome of an antenna. It is realized in a material compatible with the reception by the antenna of waves electromagnetic, the most commonly used material originally glass-epoxy, which is a thermosetting material.
- thermosetting material with a material thermoplastic, more precisely that known under the name of PEEK ("Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone”), shaped under high temperature and high pressure.
- PEEK Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone
- thermoplastics Although their very good performance, these materials thermoplastics nevertheless undergo erosion due to the impact of raindrops, on which it is necessary that the user, or "aircraft manufacturer", has information constantly or periodically.
- thermoplastic radomes There are currently two solutions for obtaining information to check the wear of these modern thermoplastic radomes.
- a first solution very simple but in fact very impractical, consists in providing, locally on the radome, a surplus of material constituting a wear indicator. It is then necessary that this surplus of material is provided in an area where it does not disturb reception or the emission of radio waves, which limits the possibilities use.
- this surplus of material is provided in an area where it does not disturb reception or the emission of radio waves, which limits the possibilities use.
- the wear of this excess material is practically not detectable for an observer who is usually placed on the ground.
- Another solution is to use a measuring device specially designed to measure this wear of the radome. It's about typically of a tubular bearing device which has just been placed coaxially on the top of the radome, on which it fits. An instrument measuring, acting by comparison, then measures the distance between a fixed point of the measuring device and the tip of the radome, this distance increasing as the wear of the radome increases.
- the outer layer is made of material resistant to rain erosion, and it's a different color than the underlying layers, thus constituting an indicator of radome erosion.
- this known method is practically inapplicable when the radomes are made by injection, especially because it is then difficult to achieve a colored external "layer" of constant thickness and precise, and that if such radomes were produced despite this, they would be complex to carry out and too expensive, because it would be necessary to use at least two different molds. In addition, there is no need to measure erosion where it does not may occur.
- the present invention relates to an erosion indicator or wear, which is easy to make both for molded objects and for laminated objects and which gives an indication of wear or erosion well before the embrittlement of these objects.
- the wear indicator of the invention for a part to be monitored is characterized in that it consists of at least one pastille, colored different from that of the material of which the part is made, which is integrated to the structure of the room, and which is positioned, in this room so that its part which has become visible due to the wear of the part gives a indication of the degree of wear.
- this pellet has a conical shape arranged in such a way that its axis is perpendicular to the outer surface subject to wear, the tip of the cone being directed towards this surface.
- this control patch is placed in the nose of the radome and coaxially with it.
- this patch is produced in the same thermoplastic material than the radome, which has the advantage of not not change the erosion rate before and after wear indication.
- the invention is described below with reference to a radome, but it is understood that it is not limited to such an application, and that it can be implemented in any application where a visual indication of the degree of wear or erosion of a part, in particular when you cannot see this degree of wear directly (edge of the part not visible, part difficult to access or hardly visible or requiring disassembly to be able to be measured).
- the wear in question is that of a protective radome for airborne equipment, mainly due to rain erosion, but it is understood that the invention can be also used for parts subject to different others kinds of wear (in particular by friction).
- This mold consists on the one hand of a male part 1 composed a base 2 surmounted by a nipple 3 of the same profile as that of the internal surface 4 of the radome 14 of FIG. 2, and the top of which is provided of a nipple 5 whose role will be specified below, and on the other hand of a part female conjugate 6 which defines an internal surface 7 of the same profile as the external surface 8 of the radome 14 of FIG. 2.
- this female part 6 is conventionally provided with a axial injection “core” 9 which is a channel through which the components of the thermoplastic material is injected into the mold in the molten state, under strong pressure and high temperature.
- thermoplastic material in this example preferential production is PEEK (Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone).
- the stud 5 and the cavity 11 by a temporary bonding of the patch to the male part 1.
- the tablet 10 could be obtained by a method injection into a small mold provided for this purpose, instead of being carried out by machining.
- the components of the PEEK constituting the radome of figure 2 are injected by the injection core 9.
- the part external of the pellet 10 is then brought to a temperature sufficient to melt locally, so that this pellet is welded to the body 12 of the radome, composed of PEEK of another color, and therefore drown in somehow in this body 12 of the radome 14.
- the radome 14 of FIG. 2 entirely made of PEEK and comprising, on the tip of its internal surface 4 and recessed with respect to the tip 13 of its external surface 8, a patch 10 of a color different from that which constitutes the remaining part of the radome 14.
- the tablet 10 can be provided on its cylindrical surface of means holding it in place, for example ribs of revolution or equivalent devices (radial asperities, thread, ...) which prevent it from being ejected if it is badly welded to the body 12, when its front face is released due to erosion.
- FIGS 3 to 5 illustrate the role of rain erosion indicator which is played by this patch 10.
- the radome 14, mounted on its receiving base 15, is seen from the front.
- the pellet When, following rain erosion, the thickness of the radome at its tip has decreased enough, the pellet begins to appear as drawn in Figure 4, that is to say in a granulated appearance, with dots the color of the patch, and dots of the color of the radome. This is due the fact that erosion due to raindrops is not carried out in such a way uniform, but in a particular way, each impact of a raindrop removing a small particle of matter.
- pellets there may be several pellets, grouped in the same area or distributed over the entire surface external to monitor. These pastilles are then colored with colors different, and are of different lengths, which makes it possible to determine different degrees of wear. Of course, their coloring should not harm dielectric qualities of the radome.
- FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the tablet of the invention.
- the radome 17 has at its front part a pellet 18 of conical shape.
- the axis of this cone is perpendicular to the external surface of the radome and is, in this case, coincident with the axis radome, but it may not be confused in cases where it is not the apex of the radome which is the place subject to maximum erosion.
- the tip of cone may be flush with the outer surface of the radome or be slightly withdrawal.
- the color of the material constituting the pellet is different from that constituting the radome. Thanks to such a pellet, we know at all times the degree of wear of the radome, which is proportional to the visible surface of the patch.
- the radome 19 may include several pellets, cylindrical or conical, arranged in the most subject to erosion. This figure shows three such pellets, referenced 20, 21 and 22.
- pellets of the invention can also be used for a radome with a stratified structure.
- the invention can also be implemented for parts other than radomes and subject to wear, when it is not possible directly determine their thickness.
- the invention is not limited to the example preferential which has just been described.
- This is how it is advantageous, in particular not to disturb the reception of electromagnetic waves, that the pad 10 is made of the same thermoplastic material as the body 12 of the radome, but this is not limiting and this pellet could very be provided in a thermoplastic material of another kind. It is thus also that this pellet could be kept in place in the mold by a suction process instead of being by mechanical means.
- this same pellet could not be positioned in the nose of the radome 14, coaxially therewith, but being more or less offset from its axis, depending on the place of maximum impact raindrops.
- the size is small enough not to influence unfavorably the homogeneity of the qualities of the parts containing it.
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Description
- à fabriquer tout d'abord au moins une pastille thermoplastique de couleur différente de celle du corps du radôme, mais moins épaisse que celui-ci,
- à rapporter cette pastille sur la partie mâle du moule d'injection du radôme, à l'endroit correspondant à sa position future dans le corps du radôme,
- puis, après avoir refermé le moule, à injecter dans celui-ci la matière thermoplastique, ladite pastille s'intégrant alors totalement, par fusion partielle, au corps de ce radôme.
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- Indicateur d'usure pour une pièce à surveiller (14), caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué par au moins une pastille (10), de couleur différente de celle de la matière dont la pièce est constituée, qui est intégrée à la structure de la pièce et qui est positionnée dans cette pièce de sorte que sa partie devenue visible suite à l'usure de la pièce donne une indication du degré d'usure.
- Indicateur d'usure selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la pastille a une forme cylindrique.
- Indicateur d'usure selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la pastille est pourvue sur sa surface cylindrique de moyens la maintenant en place.
- Indicateur d'usure selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte plusieurs pastilles de longueurs et de couleurs différentes.
- Indicateur d'usure selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la pastille a une forme conique.
- Indicateur d'usure selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce à surveiller est un radôme.
- Indicateur d'usure selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le radôme est en matière thermoplastique.
- Indicateur d'usure selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que la pastille (10) est placée dans le nez du radôme (14) et coaxialement avec celui-ci.
- Indicateur d'usure selon l'une des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la pastille (10) est réalisée dans la même matière thermoplastique que le radôme (14).
- Indicateur d'usure selon l'une des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la pastille (10) est munie, du côté de la face interne (4) du radôme, d'une cavité (11) qui est complémentaire d'un téton (5) de retenue de la pastille (10) prévu sur la partie mâle (1) du moule d'injection du radôme.
- Procédé de fabrication d'un radôme thermoplastique muni d'un indicateur d'usure selon l'une des revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste :à fabriquer tout d'abord une pastille thermoplastique (10) de couleur différente de celle du corps (12) du radôme, mais moins épaisse que celui-ci,à rapporter cette pastille (10) sur la partie mâle (1, 3) du moule d'injection du radôme, à l'endroit (5) correspondant à sa position future dans le corps (12) du radôme,puis, après avoir refermé le moule, à injecter dans celui-ci la matière thermoplastique, ladite pastille s'intégrant alors totalement, par fusion partielle, au corps (12) de ce radôme.
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FR9511794 | 1995-10-06 | ||
FR9511794A FR2739725B1 (fr) | 1995-10-06 | 1995-10-06 | Indicateur d'erosion pour radome thermoplastique et procede de fabrication |
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FR2739725A1 (fr) | 1997-04-11 |
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