Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of liquid resin infusion of a composite preform
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Application No.: US14508402Application Date: 2014-10-07
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Publication No.: US09931795B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Andreas Lutz
- Applicant: Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KS Wichita
- Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Wichita
- Agency: Hovey Williams LLP
- Priority: GB13181342 20131011
- Main IPC: B29C70/44
- IPC: B29C70/44 ; B29C70/54 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K105/08

Abstract:
An assembly and method for infusing composite material with liquid resin to form a composite part with a smooth outer mold line (OML) surface and a complex inner mold line (IML) surface. The method may include placing a flow media into a deepest tier of a two-tiered recess in a rigid tool, placing a perforated caul sheet into a shallowest tier of the two-tiered recess, and placing uninfused composite material over the perforated caul sheet. Next, the method may include placing an impermeable membrane over the composite material and sealing the impermeable membrane to the rigid tool. Finally, the method may include vacuuming air from a vacuum port of the impermeable membrane to compress the impermeable membrane toward the composite material and the rigid tool, thus pull liquid resin from a resin reservoir, through the flow media, through the perforations of the caul sheet, and throughout the composite material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150102535A1 METHOD OF LIQUID RESIN INFUSION OF A COMPOSITE PREFORM Public/Granted day:2015-04-16
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