COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:EP4454866A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-30

    申请号:EP24164006.9

    申请日:2024-03-15

    发明人: DANDO, Kerrick

    IPC分类号: B29C65/36

    摘要: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for use in composite manufacturing, to facilitate cooling of composite parts. The methods and apparatus disclosed are of particular use in thermal joining methods. A magnetic field is applied to a magnetocaloric material to induce a magnetic phase change. Heat is exhausting heat from the magnetocaloric material while the magnetic field is applied and, when the magnetic field is disapplied, heat is flowed from the composite assembly to the magnetocaloric material, reversing the magnetic phase change and cooling the composite part. An induction coil for inductively heating the composite part may be used to apply the magnetic field.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROLL FORMING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES

    公开(公告)号:EP4446109A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-16

    申请号:EP24169634.3

    申请日:2024-04-11

    摘要: An apparatus for roll forming thermoplastic composites comprises a plurality of thermoplastic composite material spools, a plurality of thermoplastic composite material rollers, a plurality of sheet metal spools, a plurality of welding rollers, an oven, a forming roller, a pair of pinch rollers. The thermoplastic composite material spools retain plies of thermoplastic composite material. The plies flow through the thermoplastic composite material rollers to form a layup. The sheet metal spools retain metal sheets. The metal sheets and the layup flow through the welding rollers to form a metal composite material laminate. The oven heats the metal composite material laminate. The forming roller imparts a curvature to the metal composite material laminate. The pinch rollers receive the metal composite material laminate from the forming roller, pull the metal composite material laminate, and output the metal composite material laminate in a heated and compressed state.