Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting a honeycomb half-cell structure into sheets includes a blade for cutting the structure and a conveyor for positioning a length of the half-cell structure so that the blade cuts across the diagonal surface of the half-cell structure, thereby forming the sheets. The conveyor comprises platens including a plurality of bars contacting the valleys on one side of the half-cell structure and a space between each consecutive bar. The half-cell structure is cut along the diagonal surface alternating between one side of a first predetermined bar and one side of a second predetermined bar. A process for cutting a half-cell structure into sheets includes positioning a length of the half-cell structure so that the diagonal surfaces of the structure are positioned adjacent a blade for cutting and cutting across the diagonal surface to form the sheets. A honeycomb core is made by this process, where the honeycomb core includes a plurality of sheets cut across the diagonal surface of the half-cell structure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for making a hexagonal-cell honeycomb core from a honeycomb half-cell structure. The structure has a plurality of peaks and valleys on each side thereof and a diagonal surface between each consecutive peak and valley. The process comprises the steps of applying a first adhesive component, which is preferably a cyanate ester and an epoxy, to a first group of peaks and applying a second adhesive component, which is preferably the epoxy and a catalyst, to a second group of peaks. The structure is then stacked so that the first adhesive component on the first group of peaks comes into contact with the second adhesive component on the second group of peaks, thereby mixing the components to bond the half-cell structure together and form the honeycomb core.