Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Airfoil manufacturing system
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Application No.: US14084616Application Date: 2013-11-20
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Publication No.: US09434117B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Raymond Neil Henderson
- 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: B29C70/00
- IPC: B29C70/00 ; B29D99/00 ; B29C70/30 ; B29C70/54 ; B29C70/34 ; B29C70/38

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for shaping an airfoil. A prepreg assembly is positioned relative to a part in a plurality of parts for a tool for the airfoil using a positioning section for a frame. The positioning section is configured to move relative to the tool and a base of the frame and move a number of parts in the plurality of parts for the tool relative to each other. A number of sections in the prepreg assembly are heated. A force is applied to the number of sections in the prepreg assembly that have been heated to conform to the tool to cause the number of sections in the prepreg assembly that have been heated to conform to the tool with a shape for a component of the airfoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140077413A1 AIRFOIL MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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