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- Patent Title: Automated fiber placement (AFP) cutter blade assemblies, AFP cutter systems including the same, and associated methods
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Application No.: US16735510Application Date: 2020-01-06
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Publication No.: US11623361B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Corydon D. Hilton , William D. Lindenberg , Bryan Robert McLaughlin , Derek Scott McCann
- 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: Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC
- Main IPC: B26D7/26
- IPC: B26D7/26 ; B26D1/00 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C70/54

Abstract:
Automated fiber placement (AFP) cutter blade assemblies, AFP cutter systems including the same, and associated methods. An AFP cutter blade assembly includes a blade base and a reversible blade insert configured to be coupled to the blade base in either of a first cutter blade configuration, in which a first cutting edge is an active cutting edge, and a second cutter blade configuration, in which a second cutting edge is the active cutting edge. In examples, an AFP cutter system includes a plurality of AFP cutter blade assemblies in combination with an actuator assembly. In examples, a method of reconfiguring a reversible blade insert of an AFP cutter blade assembly includes uncoupling the reversible blade insert from a blade base, rotating the reversible blade insert relative to the blade base, and operatively coupling the reversible blade insert to the blade base in a different configuration.
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