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公开(公告)号:US20170165902A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-15
申请号:US15411589
申请日:2017-01-20
申请人: The Boeing Company
CPC分类号: B29C65/3676 , B29C65/3612 , B29C65/3644 , B29C65/3668 , B29C66/00145 , B29C66/1122 , B29C66/41 , B29C66/474 , B29C66/524 , B29C66/721 , B29C66/7212 , B29C66/7392 , B29C66/73921 , B29C66/7394 , B29C66/8122 , B29C66/8126 , B29C66/81457 , B29K2905/12 , B29K2995/0008 , B29L2031/3076 , H05B6/105 , H05B2206/023 , B29K2307/04 , B29K2309/08 , B29K2909/02
摘要: Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example method includes providing a smart susceptor between composite parts that are to be joined via thermoplastic welding. The example method includes positioning the composite parts and the smart susceptor on a tooling surface within a cavity of a tooling apparatus and applying a seal to the composite parts and the tooling surface to form a vacuum chamber between the composite parts and the tooling surface at a welding joint of the composite parts; producing a magnetic field at the welding joint. The example method includes providing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber during a welding operation.