Methods and apparatus for layer-by-layer deposition

    公开(公告)号:US11919035B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-05

    申请号:US17362429

    申请日:2021-06-29

    CPC classification number: B05D1/12 B05D7/584 B64F5/10 B05D2401/20 B64C1/40

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to prepare an aircraft surface, including depositing a first solution on a substrate on the aircraft surface, the substrate having a first charge, the first solution having a second charge opposite the first charge, the first solution including a carrier fluid, removing a first amount of the first solution deposited on the substrate to form a first layer on the substrate, depositing a second solution on the first layer, the second solution having the first charge, the second solution including the carrier fluid, and removing a second amount of the second solution deposited on the first layer to form a second layer on the first layer to prepare the aircraft surface.

    Methods of manufacturing modular rotor blades

    公开(公告)号:US10814559B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16226854

    申请日:2018-12-20

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor blade includes (1) assembling a first blade module that defines a first-module span axis and includes a first-module skin and a first- module spar, and each of the first-module skin and the first-module spar includes a first thermoplastic polymer and reinforcement material; (2) assembling a second blade module that defines a second-module span axis and includes a second-module skin and a second- module spar, and each of the second-module skin and the second-module spar includes a second thermoplastic polymer and reinforcement material; (3) transporting the first blade module and the second blade module to a field location; (4) aligning, at the field location, the first-module span axis with the second-module span axis to define an aligned pair of modules; and (5) heating a portion of the aligned pair of modules to form a weld joint between the first-module spar and the second-module spar.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PREFORM, A PREFORM, AND A COMPOSITE ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20190039264A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15668211

    申请日:2017-08-03

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform includes heating one or more layers of fibrous material containing a plurality of discontinuous structural fibers and a predetermined percentage of thermoplastic material to a first temperature above a softening temperature of the thermoplastic material, forming the one or more layers of fibrous material containing the thermoplastic material into a predetermined shape including at least one raised or depressed region, and cooling the one or more layers of fibrous material having the predetermined shape to a second temperature below the softening temperature to harden the thermoplastic material. The predetermined shape of the one or more layers of fibrous material is retained by the hardened thermoplastic material, and the cooled one or more layers of fibrous material containing the thermoplastic material are permeable.

    Material Tensioning System
    16.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170080650A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-23

    申请号:US14861158

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Abstract: A system and method for forming an item from a material, which may include elongated fibers and/or stretched broken fibers. The material is placed on a first clamping portion, which is placed on a fixture. A second clamping portion is placed against the material and the first clamping portion and secured together, forming a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly is removed from the fixture and placed on a first die portion, having a first profile. A second die portion is also provided, having a second profile. In forming the item, at least one of the first die portion and the second die portion are moved toward each other such that a second surface of the first die portion and a first surface of the second die portion contact and form the material into the item generally replicating the first profile and the second profile.

    COMPOSITES INCLUDING SILICON-OXY-CARBIDE LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    17.
    发明申请
    COMPOSITES INCLUDING SILICON-OXY-CARBIDE LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME 审中-公开
    包括硅 - 碳化物层的复合材料及其制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130288044A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-31

    申请号:US13833686

    申请日:2013-03-15

    CPC classification number: C09D179/08 C23C16/30 C23C16/453 Y10T428/265

    Abstract: Composites comprising at least one silicon-oxy-carbide (SOC) layer deposited onto a polymeric matrix substrate to enhance their thermo-oxidative stability are provided. The SOC layer is formed onto the polymeric matrix substrate by atmospheric plasma deposition to produce an thermo-oxidative barrier coating or an adhesion-promoting layer to enable the deposition of a variety of known (or future developed) metallic and/or ceramic materials as oxygen and/or thermal barriers.

    Abstract translation: 提供了包含沉积在聚合物基质基质上以增强其热氧化稳定性的至少一种硅 - 碳化碳(SOC)层的复合材料。 通过大气等离子体沉积将SOC层形成在聚合物基体基底上,以产生热氧化阻隔涂层或粘附促进层,以使各种已知(或未来开发的)金属和/或陶瓷材料沉积为氧气 和/或热障碍。

    Material tensioning system
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10232571B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US14861197

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Abstract: A system and method for forming an item from a material, which may include elongated fibers and/or stretched broken fibers. The material is placed on a first clamping portion, which is placed on a fixture. A second clamping portion is placed against the material and the first clamping portion and secured together, forming a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly is removed from the fixture and placed on a first die portion, having a first profile. A second die portion is also provided, having a second profile. In forming the item, at least one of the first die portion and the second die portion are moved toward each other such that a second surface of the first die portion and a first surface of the second die portion contact and form the material into the item generally replicating the first profile and the second profile.

    Material tensioning system
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10226905B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US14861158

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Abstract: A system and method for forming an item from a material, which may include elongated fibers and/or stretched broken fibers. The material is placed on a first clamping portion, which is placed on a fixture. A second clamping portion is placed against the material and the first clamping portion and secured together, forming a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly is removed from the fixture and placed on a first die portion, having a first profile. A second die portion is also provided, having a second profile. In forming the item, at least one of the first die portion and the second die portion are moved toward each other such that a second surface of the first die portion and a first surface of the second die portion contact and form the material into the item generally replicating the first profile and the second profile.

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