Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems for additively manufacturing composite parts
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Application No.: US14931573Application Date: 2015-11-03
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Publication No.: US10343330B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- 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: B29C64/106
- IPC: B29C64/106 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C64/141 ; B29C64/386 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K105/08 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
A system for additively manufacturing a composite part is disclosed. The system comprises a delivery guide, movable relative to a surface. The delivery guide is configured to deposit at least a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The print path is stationary relative to the surface. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a thermosetting-epoxy-resin component that is partially cured. The system also comprises a feed mechanism, configured to push the continuous flexible line through the delivery guide. The system further comprises a cooling system, configured to maintain the thermosetting-epoxy-resin component of the continuous flexible line below a threshold temperature prior to depositing the segment of the continuous flexible along the print path via the delivery guide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170028628A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PARTS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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