A LIGHTENING DIVERTER FOR CONDUCTING A LIGHTNING-INDUCED ELECTRICAL CURRENT AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention concerns a method of producing a lightning diverter for conducting a lightning-induced electrical current, which is to be placed on structures such as wings on wind turbines, aircraft components, radomes and the like with the purpose of lightning protection. The method comprises the steps of making a plurality of holes in a plate of an electrically conductive material, filing said holes at least partly with one or more electrically non-conductive materials, and then finally dividing the plate - preferably into strips. The lightning diverter obtained hereby consists of a layer of electrically non-conductive material with a plurality of isolated segments of electrically conductive material. The invention further relates to a diverter strip with isolated segments of con­cave shapes being advantageous because of the good connection between the segments and the non-conductive material.