Abstract:
The present invention concerns a mould body assembly (1) and a method of forming a hollow feature (3) of an article (5), which hollow feature (3) is to be formed by the mould body assembly (1) extending along an imaginary axis (X). The mould body assembly (1) comprises a flexible caul member (7) and a rigid support member (9). The flexible caul member (7) is configured to be arranged onto the rigid support member (9) for bringing about a hollow feature forming surface (11) of the flexible caul member (7)configured to form the hollow feature (3). The flexible caul member (7) exhibits varying thickness for forming the hollow feature with trapping geometry.
Abstract:
The present invention regards a composite laminate skin comprising a plurality of fiber reinforced plastic plies (7) stacked onto each other, the laminate skin (3) comprises a plurality of fastening apertures (9), each of which extending entirely or partly through the laminate skin (3) in a direction essentially orthogonally or orthogonally to the plane (P) of the laminate skin (3), each fastening aperture (9) being adapted for encompassing a respective fastening element (11). The fastening aperture (9) extends through a tailored stack (14) of at least two inserts (13) for taking up clamp forces in edge areas surrounding the fastening apertures so that the laminate skin can be made thinner. The invention also regards a method for manufacture of the laminate skin.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of conforming a blank (15) onto forming surface sections (5) of a forming tool (7) by drawing a first vacuum against an elastic forming medium (1) for transmitting forming forces from the elastic forming medium (1) to the blank (15), the method includes the steps of evacuating the elastic forming medium (1) with the first vacuum for allowing the elastic forming medium (1) to stretch and conform the blank (15) to the forming surface sections (5). The elastic forming medium (1) comprises at least one void (3), and a step of applying a second vacuum to the void (3) is performed for achieving a stiffened section (4) of the elastic forming medium (1) corresponding with the location of the void (3) and corresponding with, when the elastic forming medium (1) after the completion lies against the forming tool (7) having the blank (15) in between, a forming surface section (5) of the forming tool (7) where the blank (15) requires a forming force (F) being larger than that of surrounding sections (17) of the elastic forming medium (1).
Abstract:
The present invention regards a profile manufacturing tool assembly (1003) configured for manufacture of a curved aerospace profile article (101) and a method of manufacture of a curved aerospace profile article (101) made of fibre reinforced matrix material. A profile manufacturing tool assembly (1003) comprises a first tool device (1005) configured to form a curved openbeam profile workpiece (19); a second tool device (1022) configured to divide in longitudinal direction the curved openbeam profile workpiece (19) in at least a first and second profile (33, 35); a third tool device (1049) configured to join the first and second profile (33, 35) to each other for providing said curved aerospace profile article (101); a fourth tool device (1061) configured to cure the curved openbeam profile workpiece (19) or configured to cure the first and second profile (33, 35) prior said joining or after said joining and removing after the curing step the curved aerospace profile article (101) from the fourth tool device (1061).
Abstract:
A stiffening element 11 comprising at least a first stiffening profile 1and at least a second stiffening profile 2. The first stiffening profile 1 comprises a profile member 4, at least one structural flange 8 is connected to the profile member 4, a through-passage 9 extending through the profile member 4,and at least one support flange 10 is connected to the profile member 4.The second stiffening profile 2 comprises a bottom portion 12 and at least one support side portion 13 connected to the bottom portion 12. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stiffening element 11 and a method for manufacturing a reinforced structure 15, wherein the reinforced structure 15 comprises at least one structural element 14 and at least one stiffening element 11.
Abstract:
The present invention regards an aircraft structure comprising an aerodynamic composite shell (7), the interior face (9) of which in whole or in part is bonded with at least one two- or three-dimensional structural composite part (11) by means of a bonding material (15). It also regards a method of manufacture of the aircraft structure. The bonding material (15) comprises a non-structural fiber reinforced resin system, wherein at least one portion of the bonding material, which portion spatially corresponds with an interior face filling volume (21), is thicker than other portions of the bonding material (15), due to settlement of resin of the non-structural fiber reinforced resin system in said interior face filling volume (21) during the viscous phase of the curing of the non-structural fiber reinforced resin system.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composite article 801, wherein the article has a longitudinal direction L and a transversal direction T, the article 80 comprises a stack of plies wherein one ply is a bottom ply and one ply is a top ply, most of or all of the plies comprise fibres, and the article comprises a plurality of plies having fibres substantially in the orthogonal direction 810 to the longitudinal direction L of the article 801 and the stack further comprises a plurality of plies having fibres substantially in the same direction 811 as the longitudinally direction L of the article 801 and / or a plurality of plies having fibres in the diagonal direction (812, 813, 815, 816, 817, 818) of the longitudinal direction (L) of the article (801), wherein at least one of the ply / plies having fibres substantially in the orthogonal direction 810 to the longitudinal direction L of the article 801 comprise fibres that are stiffer than the fibres in the other plies which have less stiff fibres. The present invention also relates to a method of forming an article on a tool, the tool having one longitudinal direction L and one transversal direction T.
Abstract:
The invention regards a thermoforming apparatus for forming a blank (3) into a composite article, the thermoforming apparatus (1) comprises a forming tool (5), a forming member (7 ) for forming the blank (3) over the forming tool (5), the forming member (7) separates a first chamber (11),arranged for containing the blank (3), from a second chamber (13). The first chamber(11)comprises a first air circulation means (2, 21) for circulating air (a) in said first chamber (11) for achieving a heat distribution to the blank (3). It also regards a method for forming the blank (3) during the circulation of air (a) in said first chamber (11).
Abstract:
The present invention refers to a reflector comprising a reflector dish 2 and a backing structure 5, wherein the reflector dish 2 has a reflecting surface 3 and a back surface 4, and wherein the backing structure 5 is arranged in a pattern on the back surface 4 of the reflector dish 2 for supporting and stiffening the reflector dish 2, wherein the backing structure 5 comprises a first backing structure skin 6 and a second backing structure skin 7 and a backing structure core 8 there between, wherein the core 8 is substantially thicker than each skin 6, 7 and the backing structure 5 is arranged such that the first backing structure skin 6 is faced against the back surface 4 of the reflector dish 2. The present invention also refers to a method of manufacturing a reflector.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacture of stringer reinforced composite skins. The method includes the consecutive steps of: providing a forming tool comprising elongated support members spaced apart by means of elongated dummy members. The support and dummy members may be assembled side by side longitudinally such that the long sides of the support and dummy members are essentially parallelly aligned. In a first fibre placement step fibre reinforced resin is placed onto said forming tool, to form a fibre reinforced skin on said forming tool. The fibre reinforced skin is cut along the longitudinal extension of the dummy members so as to cut out fibre reinforced blank materials for stringer members. The dummy members are removed. The fibre reinforced blank materials are formed so that the fibre reinforced blank materials are shaped around said support members to form stringer members. The stringer members are assembled by longitudinally bringing together the stringer members so that the long sides of the stringer members are essentially parallelly aligned, to form a stringer unit. In a second fibre placement step fibre reinforced resin is placed onto said stringer unit, to form a fibre reinforced skin onto said stringer unit. The fibre reinforced skin and said stringer unit are co-cured to form a stringer reinforced composite skin. The support members are then removed from said stringer reinforced composite skin.