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公开(公告)号:US20210154928A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-27
申请号:US16889832
申请日:2020-06-02
Applicant: Arevo, Inc.
Inventor: Zachary Aaron August , Hemant Bheda , Leonid Michael Treyger
IPC: B29C64/188 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/282 , B29C64/141 , B29C70/38
Abstract: An additive manufacturing system is disclosed that comprises two or more lasers for precisely heating a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic feedstock and a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic workpiece in preparation for depositing and tamping the feedstock onto the workpiece. The system employs feedforward, a variety of sensors, and feedback to ensure that the feedstock and workpiece are properly heated.
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公开(公告)号:US20210138747A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-13
申请号:US17152926
申请日:2021-01-20
Inventor: Jeong-Beom Ihn , Sung-Hoon Ahn , Gil-Yong Lee , Hyung-Soo Kim , Min-Soo Kim , Ho-Jin Kim , Soo-Hong Min
IPC: B29C73/12 , B29C64/321 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/165 , B29C70/38 , B29C70/54 , B29C70/78 , B29C73/10 , B29C70/68
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automating the fiber laying process during the repair of composite structures made of fiber-reinforced plastic material based on the three-dimensional printing technique. Continuous fiber rovings (e.g., carbon fibers) impregnated with liquid epoxy can be directly printed onto the damaged surface of the composite structure (e.g., an aircraft component made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic) without human manipulation in an autonomous manner.
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公开(公告)号:US10994503B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US16758277
申请日:2018-10-23
Applicant: SAFRAN CERAMICS
Inventor: Mathieu Schwartz , Arnaud Delehouze , Nicolas Laval , Bertrand Desjoyeaux
IPC: B28B23/02 , B29B15/14 , B29C70/38 , B29C70/52 , B29K507/04 , B29K509/02 , B29K509/04 , C04B35/622 , C04B35/80 , B29B15/12
Abstract: An installation for depositing a shaped filled roving intended to be used to manufacture a composite-material component, includes a device for feeding a fibrous roving impregnated with a composition including a binder and ceramic or carbon fillers, a die for shaping and draining the binder defined by at least one porous surface, the die having an evolving section between an inlet section and an outlet section, the inlet section being larger than the outlet section, a support in communication with the die outlet on which the shaped roving is to be deposited, and a first conveying device configured to convey the roving from the feed device through the die and to the support.
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公开(公告)号:US10994502B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US16862010
申请日:2020-04-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Andrew E. Modin , Darrell D. Jones , Kurtis S. Willden
Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a plurality of lamination heads statically positioned in end-to-end relation to each other and defining a lamination station, and configured to dispense a layup material along a dispensing direction. The manufacturing system also includes a lamination surface movable underneath the lamination station. The lamination heads are configured to sequentially apply the layup material onto the lamination surface and onto previously applied layup material as the lamination surface passes through the lamination station to thereby form a composite laminate having a stack of composite plies arranged in a desired ply stacking sequence defined by positions of the lamination heads relative to each other within the lamination station.
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公开(公告)号:US20210125302A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17121264
申请日:2020-12-14
Inventor: Peter D. Juarez , Elizabeth D. Gregory , K. Elliott Cramer
Abstract: A method of detecting defects in a composite structure includes applying heat to a surface of a composite structure. Thermographic images or frames captured by a moving camera may be utilized to corm temporally aligned images that include temperature data (pixels) from a plurality of frames, wherein the pixels comprise data captured at a simple (uniform) time delay from the time at which heat was applied. The temporally aligned thermographic data for the surface region may include variations due to differences in thermal transients caused by defects in the composite structure. The variations in the thermographic data may be utilized to detect one or more defects in the composite structure.
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公开(公告)号:US10987882B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US16221052
申请日:2018-12-14
Applicant: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
Inventor: Jason K. Slack , Christopher J. Madsen , Don C. Jones , Vernon M. Benson , Peter G. Turner , Ralph Douglas Cope , Kimberly Ann Ferrara , Anthony Dale Johnson , Michael James Case , Jesse Paul Brown , James Gargel , Steven Andrew Cope , Kyle Putnam Tarry
Abstract: Material preparation devices and related methods include a material or substrate assembly and an application assembly for applying a fiber material.
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公开(公告)号:US10974470B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16130545
申请日:2018-09-13
Applicant: TPI Composites, Inc.
Inventor: Corey Magnussen
IPC: B29C70/54 , B29C70/38 , F03D1/06 , B29L31/08 , B29K105/08
Abstract: Shifting is a method for manipulating unidirectional non-crimp fabrics that allows for a curved fiber path along with compound surface geometry. The bases for shifting is understanding unidirectional (UD) non-crimp-fabrics (NCFs) as a semi-flexible prismatic linkage and planning manipulations such that the array of linkages can conform to the surface geometry and path plan within allowable manufacturing tolerances. This has applications in structural composite components such as the current trailing edge prefabricated unidirectional components for wind turbine blades, and for future wind turbine blade designs including a curve-linear spar cap.
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公开(公告)号:US10974418B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US15118188
申请日:2015-02-11
Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
Inventor: Patrice Gaillard , Gilles Hochstetter , Thibaut Savart
IPC: B29B15/12 , B29C70/38 , B29C70/50 , B29K101/12 , B29K105/10
Abstract: A method of producing a pre-impregnated fibrous material including a fibrous material of continuous fibres and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, wherein the pre-impregnated fibrous material is produced in a single unidirectional strip or in a plurality of parallel unidirectional strips, the method including the following steps: (i) impregnating the fibrous material in the form of a strand or a plurality of parallel strands with the thermoplastic polymer in the form of a powder in a fluid bed; and (ii) shaping the strand or parallel strands of the fibrous material impregnated as in step (i) by calendering by at least one heating calender in the form of a single unidirectional strip or of a plurality of parallel unidirectional strips, the heating calender, in the latter case, including a plurality of calendering grooves, and the pressure and/or a spacing between the rollers of the calender being regulated by an auxiliary system.
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公开(公告)号:US10953613B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US16154082
申请日:2018-10-08
Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
Inventor: Petar Zivkovic
IPC: B29C70/00 , B26D7/00 , B29C70/54 , B26D7/26 , B29C70/38 , B26D1/09 , B26D1/01 , B26D7/06 , B29K63/00 , B29K307/04 , B29L31/08
Abstract: A cutting mechanism for a composite material lay-up head comprises a plurality of blades, each blade having a variable width, and a drive mechanism to drive the blades along an axial direction to cut a respective tow of composite material. The blades are rotatable about the axial direction between a first angular position, wherein the blades sever the respective tow along a first cutting direction transversal to a longitudinal direction of the respective tow, and a second angular position, wherein the blades sever the respective tow along a second cutting direction rotated by a rotation angle to the first cutting direction.
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公开(公告)号:US10953598B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US15618066
申请日:2017-06-08
Applicant: CC3D LLC
Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler , Trevor David Budge
IPC: B29C69/00 , B29C64/209 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y40/00 , B29C64/118 , B29C64/386 , B29C64/20 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/106 , B29C70/38 , B29C64/291 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/141 , B29C64/264 , B29C64/307 , B29C64/379 , B29C64/336 , B29C64/165 , B29C64/227 , B29C64/40 , B33Y10/00 , B29C35/08 , B29C35/02 , B29K105/08 , B29B15/12 , B29C70/52 , B29C31/04 , B29C64/259 , B33Y70/00 , B29C64/295
Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a nozzle configured to discharge a composite material, including a matrix and a continuous reinforcement. The system may also include a support configured to move the nozzle in multiple dimensions during discharge of the composite material, and a vibration mechanism configured to generate oscillations within the nozzle during discharge.
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