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Materials and Hardware Module 6 Part 66

This document provides an overview of the topics covered in Section 6 of an aircraft maintenance course, which includes various aircraft materials, fasteners, pipes, springs, bearings, transmissions, controls, and electrical systems. Section 6 covers the characteristics, properties, identification and testing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals; composites and non-metallics; wood and fabric. It also addresses corrosion, screw threads, bolts, rivets, pipes and unions. Additional topics are springs, bearings, gear transmissions, control cables, electrical cables and connectors.

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Materials and Hardware Module 6 Part 66

This document provides an overview of the topics covered in Section 6 of an aircraft maintenance course, which includes various aircraft materials, fasteners, pipes, springs, bearings, transmissions, controls, and electrical systems. Section 6 covers the characteristics, properties, identification and testing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals; composites and non-metallics; wood and fabric. It also addresses corrosion, screw threads, bolts, rivets, pipes and unions. Additional topics are springs, bearings, gear transmissions, control cables, electrical cables and connectors.

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6.

Aircraft

Materials

Ferrous

(a)
Characteristics, properties and identification of common alloy steels used in aircraft;
Heat

treatment

and

application

of

alloy

steels;

(b)
Testing of ferrous materials for hardness, tensile strength, fatigue strength and
impact resistance.
6.2

Aircraft

Materials

Non-Ferrous

(a)
Characteristics, properties and identification of common non-ferrous materials used
in

aircraft;

Heat

treatment

and

application

of

non-ferrous

materials;

(b)
Testing of non-ferrous material for hardness, tensile strength, fatigue strength and
impact resistance.
6.3

Aircraft

6.3.1

Materials

Composite

and

Composite

non-metallic

other

and

than

Non-Metallic

wood

and

fabric

(a)
Characteristics, properties and identification of common composite and nonmetallic

materials,

other

Sealant

than

wood,

and

used

in

bonding

aircraft;
agents.

(b)
The detection of defects/deterioration in composite and non-metallic material.
Repair

of

composite

6.3.2

and

non-metallic

material.

Wooden

Construction

methods

of

structures

wooden

airframe

structures;

Characteristics, properties and types of wood and glue used in aeroplanes;


Preservation
Types
The

of

and
defects

detection

maintenance
in

wood

of

Repair

of

wooden
and

in

structure;

wooden
wooden

properties

wooden
and

types

methods
of

defects

structures;
structure;
structure.

Fabric

Inspections
Types

material

defects

6.3.3
Characteristics,

of

covering
of

fabrics

used

for

in

aeroplanes;
fabric;

in

fabric;

Repair of fabric covering.


6.4
(a)

Corrosion

Chemical
Formation

fundamentals;
by,

galvanic

action

process,

microbiological,

and

their

stress;

(b)
Types

of

corrosion

Causes

identification;

of

corrosion;

Material types, susceptibility to corrosion.


6.5

Fasteners

6.5.1

Screw

threads

Screw

nomenclature;

Thread forms, dimensions and tolerances for standard threads used in aircraft;
Measuring

screw

6.5.2

Bolts,

threads;

studs

and

screws

Bolt types: specification, identification and marking of aircraft bolts, international


standards;
Nuts:

self

locking,

Machine
Studs:

anchor,

screws:
types

Self
6.5.3

and

aircraft
uses,

tapping
Locking

standard

types;
specifications;

insertion

and

removal;

screws,
devices

dowels.
2

Tab and spring washers, locking plates, split pins, pal-nuts, wire locking, quick
release fasteners, keys, circlips, cotter pins.
6.5.4 Aircraft rivets
Types of solid and blind rivets: specifications and identification, heat treatment.
6.6 Pipes and Unions
(a)
Identification of, and types of rigid and flexible pipes and their connectors used in
aircraft;
(b)
Standard unions for aircraft hydraulic, fuel, oil, pneumatic and air system pipes.
6.7 Springs
Types of springs, materials, characteristics and applications.
6.8 Bearings
Purpose of bearings, loads, material, construction;
Types of bearings and their application.
6.9
Gear

Transmissions
types

and

their

application;

Gear ratios, reduction and multiplication gear systems, driven and driving gears,

idler

gears,

mesh

patterns;

Belts and pulleys, chains and sprockets.


6.10

Control

Types
End
Pulleys

Cables

of
fittings,

turnbuckles
and

cables;
and

cable

compensation
system

Bowden

devices;
components;
cables;

Aircraft flexible control systems.


6.11
Cable
High

Electrical
types,
tension

Cables
construction
and

and

Connectors

and

characteristics;

co-axial

cables;

Crimping;
Connector types, pins, plugs, sockets, insulators, current and voltage rating,
coupling, identification codes.

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