Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tool for forming a composite component
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Application No.: US15568346Application Date: 2016-04-25
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Publication No.: US10906257B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Scott Barber
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: GB1507418.0 20150430
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/051155 WO 20160425
- International Announcement: WO2016/174400 WO 20161103
- Main IPC: B29C70/76
- IPC: B29C70/76 ; B29C70/46 ; B29C70/56 ; B29C70/38 ; B29K307/04 ; B29L23/00

Abstract:
There is disclosed a tool (102) for forming a composite component having a curved body and an integral flange from a pre-form (200), the tool comprising: a curved body portion 104 having a lay-up surface (110); and a forming assembly (105) having a lay-up configuration and a forming configuration. The forming assembly comprises: a plurality of forming elements (106) each having a lay-up surface (120) and a primary flange-forming surface (122), the forming elements (106) being radially outwardly moveable between the lay-up configuration and the forming configuration, in which the forming elements are circumferentially spaced from one another; and a plurality of filler elements (107) each having a secondary flange-forming surface (156), the filler elements (107) being arranged to move into the circumferential gaps between the forming elements in the forming configuration so as to form a substantially continuous flange-forming surface. In use a pre-form (200) is disposed on the layup surfaces of the curved body portion (104) and the forming elements (106), and movement to the forming configuration causes the pre-form (200) to be deformed between the continuous flange-forming surface and a counteracting forming surface to form the integral flange (210).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180141289A1 A TOOL FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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