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公开(公告)号：US10940651B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16432881
申请日：2019-06-05
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James M. Kestner , Marc R. Matsen , Scott D. Billings , John A. Mittleider , Robert J. Miller
Abstract: A processing apparatus such as a heating and/or debulking apparatus that may be used to debulk a plurality of uncured composite layers to form an article such as an aircraft component may include a plurality of interconnected smart susceptor heater blankets. The plurality of smart susceptor heater blankets may be connected in series or in parallel, and may be controlled to uniformly heat the component during formation.
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公开(公告)号：US10828847B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-10
申请号：US16008660
申请日：2018-06-14
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , Mark A. Negley , Jeffery L. Marcoe , Stephen G. Moore , Brice A. Johnson , Alexandra K. Dillon , Megan M. Petersen
IPC: B29C70/38 , B29C65/00 , B29C65/32 , B29C65/16 , B29C65/14 , B29C65/02 , B29C65/18 , B29K101/12 , B29C65/08 , B29C65/30 , B29C65/22
Abstract: A fiber placement system including a fiber placement station at a first location, the fiber placement station including a tool and a fiber placement assembly configured to construct a reinforcement layup on the tool, the first fiber placement assembly including a compaction roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, the compaction roller at least partially defining a nip, a thermoplastic composite ply extending through the nip and a heating unit positioned to heat the thermoplastic composite ply proximate the nip, and a consolidation station at a consolidation location, the consolidation location being different from the first location, the consolidation station including a consolidation tool and a consolidation system configured to consolidate a reinforcement layup assembly that includes the reinforcement layup.
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公开(公告)号：US10814526B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15713424
申请日：2017-09-22
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , Timothy J. Luchini , Bret A. Voss , Christopher J. Hottes
Abstract: A first tooling die and a second tooling die are movable with respect to each other. The first tooling die and the second tooling die form a die cavity. The first tooling die and the second tooling die comprise a plurality of stacked metal sheets. A plurality of air gaps is defined between adjacent stacked metal sheets. A first smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and connected to the first tooling die. The first smart susceptor material has a first Curie temperature. A second smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and associated with the second tooling die. The second smart susceptor material has a second Curie temperature lower than the first Curie temperature. A flexible membrane is between the second tooling die and the first smart susceptor material. The flexible membrane is configured to receive pressure.
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公开(公告)号：US10792842B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-06
申请号：US15791683
申请日：2017-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , William C. Dykstra , Lee Charles Firth , Landon K. Henson , Tunde A. Olaniyan , John R. Hull
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for molding systems that have a low thermal mass. One embodiment is a first tool that includes a first frame. The first frame includes a first set of plates of magnetically permeable material, and a material disposed between plates of the first set. The first tool also includes a first set of induction coils that are disposed within the first frame and that generate a first electromagnetic field, and a first susceptor that extends from the first set of plates. The first susceptor generates heat in response to the first electromagnetic field. The first tool further includes a mold that extends from the first susceptor and receives heat via conductive heat transfer from the first susceptor. Each plate of the first set is thinner than a skin depth at which the first electromagnetic field would generate an electrical induction current.
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公开(公告)号：US20200298500A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-24
申请号：US16358578
申请日：2019-03-19
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Joshua P. Koehn , Marc R. Matsen , Kirk J. Malmquist , David E. Gideon
IPC: B29C65/18 , B21D26/033 , B29C65/00 , B29C33/50
Abstract: A co-consolidation tool, including a heating assembly to receive one or more thermoplastic parts and to apply a consolidation temperature to the one or more thermoplastic parts, a pressure bladder to apply a consolidation pressure to the one or more thermoplastic parts, and a support insert shaped and configured to support and at least partially surround at least one of the one or more thermoplastic parts, wherein at least one of heating assembly and the pressure bladder is shaped to receive and support the support insert.
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公开(公告)号：US10743377B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-11
申请号：US15841835
申请日：2017-12-14
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , William C. Dykstra , Gregory A. Foltz , Lee C. Firth
Abstract: Disclosed are induction heating cells comprising tensioning members with non-magnetic metal cores. Also disclosed are methods of operating such cells, for example, to process composite parts. The non-magnetic metal cores of the tensioning members provide excellent tensile strength. Furthermore, the non-magnetic metal cores allow forming long tensioning members leading to large induction heating cells for processing large composite parts, such aircraft fuselage parts, wing parts, and the like. The diameter of these non-magnetic metal cores is less than the induction heating threshold for magnetic fields used during operation of the cells, which ensures limited or no interaction of the cores with the magnetic fields. The cores can be arranged into a tensioning member extending through and compressing the die of an induction heating cell. When multiple cores are used, these cores are electrically insulated from each other, e.g., using an insulating shell or spacing these cores away from each other.
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公开(公告)号：US10274005B2
公开(公告)日：2019-04-30
申请号：US15268983
申请日：2016-09-19
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： William J. Koch , Marc R. Matsen
Abstract: A shim assembly includes a shim material configured to be positioned between a first component and a second component. A wire is in contact with the shim material. The wire is configured to heat the shim material to above a predetermined temperature, and the shim material becomes moldable above the predetermined temperature such that the shim material is able to conform to the first component and the second component.
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公开(公告)号：US20190091893A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-28
申请号：US15713424
申请日：2017-09-22
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , Timothy J. Luchini , Bret A. Voss , Christopher J. Hottes
CPC classification number: B29C33/06 , B29C35/0805 , B29C70/44 , B29C70/46 , B29C2035/0811 , B29C2035/0816 , B29K2101/10 , B30B5/02
Abstract: A first tooling die and a second tooling die are movable with respect to each other. The first tooling die and the second tooling die form a die cavity. The first tooling die and the second tooling die comprise a plurality of stacked metal sheets. A plurality of air gaps is defined between adjacent stacked metal sheets. A first smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and connected to the first tooling die. The first smart susceptor material has a first Curie temperature. A second smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and associated with the second tooling die. The second smart susceptor material has a second Curie temperature lower than the first Curie temperature. A flexible membrane is between the second tooling die and the first smart susceptor material. The flexible membrane is configured to receive pressure.
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公开(公告)号：US09635715B1
公开(公告)日：2017-04-25
申请号：US13889657
申请日：2013-05-08
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Robert James Miller , Marc R. Matsen , Diane C. Rawlings
CPC classification number: H05B6/105 , H05B2206/023
Abstract: A radiant heater having a ferromagnetic element includes a high emissivity surface and an induction coil operatively coupled with the ferromagnetic element. The induction coil may be energized to create eddy currents heating the ferromagnetic element until the element reaches its Curie temperature. At the Curie temperature the ferromagnetic element becomes substantially nonmagnetic and the temperature of the element remains relatively constant. The high emissivity surface of the heater provides a substantially uniform radiant heat to an object in close proximity to the high emissivity surface. The object may be thermally coupled with the high emissivity surface of the radiant heater. The radiant heater having a high emissivity surface may be used to heat temperature sensitive objects such as thin films. Multiple radiant heaters having different Curie temperatures may be used to ramp up a temperature, ramp down a temperature, or provide different temperatures required during a process.
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公开(公告)号：US09635714B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-25
申请号：US13887756
申请日：2013-05-06
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Marc R. Matsen , Carey E. Wilkinson
CPC classification number: H05B6/105 , B21D31/005 , B29C33/06 , B29C33/38 , B29K2995/0003 , B29K2995/0008 , C23C24/04
Abstract: An induction heating system for manufacturing a part including an induction coil and a smart susceptor positioned within an oscillating electromagnetic field from the induction coil. The smart susceptor includes a ferromagnetic material cold sprayed onto a tool. The tool may be a sheet metal component formed to a desired shape by incremental sheet forming. The smart susceptor may be heated up by eddy currents generated in the ferromagnetic material by the oscillating electromagnetic field. The smart susceptor may be designed to have a desired Curie temperature based on the composition of the ferromagnetic material. The smart susceptor is formed into a desired shape by cold spraying ferromagnetic material onto a tool already formed into the desired shape. The smart susceptor may be removed from the tool by thermally shocking the smart susceptor and the tool and may be used to heat a part to be formed.
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