Significant material advances in wiring harnesses offer the aerospace industry opportunities to improve maintenance and simplify structures by combining airframe and wiring harness into a single component
Today, the majority of aircraft wire bundles are fitted to aircraft stringers. Conventionally attached to the stringers by thousands of clips, the wire bundles, conduits and lines pass throughout the fuselage. These clips can loosen over time due to the vibration forces exerted and the removal and refit time can significantly affect maintenance costs and aircraft scheduling.
The precise location of these wiring systems can affect their durability; those in areas such as the wings and the landing gear wheel wells enduring higher physical stresses than wiring running in more protected areas, such as in the cabin. Subjected to rapid cycling of extremes of temperature and vibration, engine wiring