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- Patent Title: Methods for additively manufacturing composite parts
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Application No.: US14931692Application Date: 2015-11-03
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Publication No.: US10183478B2Publication Date: 2019-01-22
- Inventor: Nick S. Evans , Faraón Torres , Ryan G. Ziegler , Samuel F. Harrison , Ciro J. Grijalva, III , Hayden S. Osborn
- 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: DASCENZO Intellectual Property Law, P.C
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C69/00 ; B29C70/28 ; B05D1/26 ; B05D1/34 ; B05D3/06 ; B05D3/12 ; B29C35/16 ; B29C70/16 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C70/54 ; C09D5/00 ; B29B11/00 ; B29B11/16 ; C09D201/00 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C64/106 ; B29K105/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29L31/30 ; B29L31/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K105/10 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29K101/10 ; B29K105/12 ; B29C35/08 ; B29K105/06 ; B29C64/135 ; B29C64/129 ; B29C64/25

Abstract:
A method of additively manufacturing a composite part is disclosed. The method comprises depositing, via a delivery guide, a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a thermosetting-epoxy-resin component that is partially cured. The method also comprises maintaining the thermosetting-epoxy-resin component of at least the continuous flexible line being advanced toward the print path via the delivery guide below a threshold temperature. The method further comprises delivering a predetermined or actively determined amount of curing energy to the segment of the continuous flexible line at a controlled rate while advancing the continuous flexible line toward the print path to at least partially cure the segment of the continuous flexible line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170028621A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PARTS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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