Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD OF FORMING A CURE TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING A TEXTURED SURFACE USING A CURE TOOL
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Application No.: US16208033Application Date: 2018-12-03
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Publication No.: US20200173285A1Publication Date: 2020-06-04
- Inventor: Hannah Rice James , Kenneth Paul Zarnoch , Wendy Wenling Lin , Scott Michael Miller , Laura Liou
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F15D1/00

Abstract:
A method of making a master cure tool for applying a texture to an aerodynamic surface includes the steps of: providing a foil which is metallic and has a textured surface; applying the foil to a forming surface of a rigid forming tool which is compound curved, and plastically deforming the foil to conform to the forming surface, so as to define a foil layer; annealing the foil layer using heat or a combination of heat and pressure; and bonding the foil layer to a support body, thereby defining the master cure tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US11047239B2 Method of forming a cure tool and method of forming a textured surface using a cure tool Public/Granted day:2021-06-29
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