Invention Application
- Patent Title: Forming apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 成型装置及方法
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Application No.: US10640188Application Date: 2003-08-13
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Publication No.: US20050035115A1Publication Date: 2005-02-17
- Inventor: Donald Anderson , Ronald Brown , Brad Kirkwood , Marc Matsen , Douglas McCarville , Stephen Moore
- Applicant: Donald Anderson , Ronald Brown , Brad Kirkwood , Marc Matsen , Douglas McCarville , Stephen Moore
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Main IPC: B29C33/04
- IPC: B29C33/04 ; B29C33/06 ; B29C35/08 ; B29C35/16 ; B29C70/44 ; B29C70/54 ; H05B6/02 ; H05B6/14 ; H05B6/64

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for forming a composite workpiece are provided. An electromagnetic field generator induces a current in a susceptor, thereby heating the workpiece in a die cavity. An elastomeric bladder in the cavity is inflated and urges the workpiece against a contour surface corresponding to a desired configuration of the workpiece. Coolant fluid can also be circulated through the die cavity to cool the workpiece. Thus, the workpiece can be heated, formed, and cooled quickly and without substantial heating of other components, thereby reducing the time and energy relative to conventional forming methods.
Public/Granted literature
- US06979807B2 Forming apparatus and method Public/Granted day:2005-12-27
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