HALOS Composite Rotor Blades

旋翼叶片和螺旋桨是为各种类型的飞机提供升力/推进的既定手段。随着AAM(高级空气机动)市场的扩大，对轻型旋翼叶片的需求预计将呈指数级增长，特别是用于新型e-VTOL全电动城市和次区域垂直起降飞机。HALOS(高度自动化、轻量化、最优化和可伸缩)旋翼叶片旨在展示一种高度可扩展、低成本的未来旋翼叶片制造方法，该方法将能够满足行业预测的需求。现有的复合材料螺旋桨和旋翼桨叶供应链目前不能满足空空导弹的要求，主要是由于飞机数量较多(由于复杂性和成本较低)以及每架飞机所需叶片数的增加而产生的数量需求。AAM的设计要求，如垂直起降和前向飞行的混合，低磁盘负载的多旋翼，短飞行持续时间和低噪声，确实需要不同类型的叶片。因此，需要一种新的方法和制造方法来满足这个新的市场和飞机品种的要求，满足航空航天标准，但其数量和成本要求更接近于汽车行业。Halos旋翼叶片将灵活、高增长的SME(Carbon Three60)与NCC的设施和专业知识结合在一起，通过创新的设计和制造技术集合来满足上述要求，这些技术结合了高性能、低成本和批量可扩展性，并得到了几家大型航空航天制造商的支持。

Rotor blades and propellers are an established means of providing lift/propulsion for various aircraft types. As the AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) market expands, the demand for lightweight rotor blades is predicted to increase exponentially, particularly for use on a new breed of e-VTOL full electric urban & sub-regional based vertical take off and landing aircraft. HALOS (Highly Automated, Lightweight, Optimised & Scalable) Rotor Blade seeks to demonstrate a highly scalable and low cost manufacturing methodology for future rotor blades that will be capable of meeting the forecasted demand from the sector. The existing supply chain for composite propellers and rotor blades is not presently capable of meeting the requirements of AAM, predominantly due to the volume requirements which are driven both by higher numbers of aircraft (due to lower complexity and cost) and also the number of blades required per aircraft. The design requirements of AAM, such as a mix of VTOL and forward flight, multiple rotors with low disk loading, short flight duration and low noise do require a different style of blade. There is therefore a need for a new approach and manufacturing methodology to meet the requirements of this new market and breed of aircraft, meeting aerospace standards but with volume and cost requirements more akin to that seen in the automotive industry. HALOS Rotor Blade brings together an agile, high growth SME (Carbon ThreeSixty) with the facilities and expertise of the NCC to address the above requirements through an innovative design and collection of manufacturing technologies which combine high performance with low cost and volume scalability and is supported by several large aerospace manufacturers.