Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head and system for continuously manufacturing composite hollow structure
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Application No.: US15295570Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US10335999B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler , Jeff Beebout
- Applicant: CC3D LLC
- Applicant Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Assignee: CC3D LLC
- Current Assignee: CC3D LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Coeur d'Alene
- Agent Ryan C. Stockett
- Main IPC: B29C64/209
- IPC: B29C64/209 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/264 ; B29C64/106 ; B29C70/52 ; B29C48/30 ; B29C48/00 ; B29C48/09 ; B29C48/21 ; B29C48/32 ; B29C48/33 ; B29C48/152 ; B29C48/325 ; B29C35/02 ; B29C35/08 ; B29B15/12 ; B29C70/50 ; B29C48/305 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C48/25 ; B29C48/285 ; B29L23/00 ; B05B3/00 ; B05B3/10 ; B05B5/03 ; B05B5/04 ; B05B7/14 ; B05B13/06 ; B05D3/06 ; B29K105/08 ; B29D23/00

Abstract:
A system is disclosed for use in manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support configured to move in a plurality of directions during manufacturing of the composite structure, and a head coupled to the support. The head may have a housing that is configured to receive a liquid matrix and at least one continuous fiber and configured to discharge a tubular structure. The head may also have a nozzle operatively connected to the housing and configured to deposit a material layer onto a surface of the tubular structure as the tubular structure is discharging from the housing, and a squeegee associated with the nozzle and configured to wipe over the material layer. The head may further have a first cure enhancer operatively connected to the housing and configured to cure the liquid matrix in the tubular structure during discharge, and a second cure enhancer configured to cure the material layer deposited by the nozzle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170297252A1 HEAD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE HOLLOW STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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