Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Continuous-line fabrication for composite parts
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Application No.: US17454259Application Date: 2021-11-10
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Publication No.: US11597167B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Michael Kenneth-Que Louie , Jordan Seth Erickson
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B29C70/54
- IPC: B29C70/54 ; B29C70/32

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for forming a laminate. The method includes indexing a layup mandrel to a lamination machine disposed at a first location, transporting the lamination machine and the layup mandrel in a process direction from the first location towards a second location, laying up a laminate comprising layers of fiber-reinforced material onto the layup mandrel via the lamination machine while the lamination machine and the layup mandrel are transported in the process direction, removing the layup mandrel and the laminate at the second location, and returning the lamination machine to the first location for laying up another laminate onto another mandrel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220152943A1 Continous-Line Fabrication for Composite Parts Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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