METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING NOODLES OF STRUCTURAL JOINTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200276772A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16878351

    申请日:2020-05-19

    发明人: Christian Gordon

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a noodle of a structural joint that comprises pulling a first composite sheet through a first splitting station to cut the first composite sheet into a plurality of first composite plies, pulling the plurality of first composite plies through a first alignment station to stack the plurality of first composite plies on top of each other to form a first stacked composite layup, pulling the first stacked composite layup through a first heating station to heat the first stacked composite layup to form a first heated composite layup, pulling the first heated composite layup through a first forming station to shape the first heated composite layup into a first pre-selected cross-sectional shape to form at least a first portion of a continuous noodle, and pulling at least the first portion of the continuous noodle through a cutting station to cut at least the first portion of the continuous noodle to a pre-selected length.

    Method and system for manufacturing noodles of structural joints

    公开(公告)号:US11241845B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US16878351

    申请日:2020-05-19

    发明人: Christian Gordon

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a noodle of a structural joint that comprises pulling a first composite sheet through a first splitting station to cut the first composite sheet into a plurality of first composite plies, pulling the plurality of first composite plies through a first alignment station to stack the plurality of first composite plies on top of each other to form a first stacked composite layup, pulling the first stacked composite layup through a first heating station to heat the first stacked composite layup to form a first heated composite layup, pulling the first heated composite layup through a first forming station to shape the first heated composite layup into a first pre-selected cross-sectional shape to form at least a first portion of a continuous noodle, and pulling at least the first portion of the continuous noodle through a cutting station to cut at least the first portion of the continuous noodle to a pre-selected length.

    Method and system for manufacturing noodles of structural joints

    公开(公告)号:US10703053B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15642585

    申请日:2017-07-06

    发明人: Christian Gordon

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a noodle of a structural joint that comprises pulling a first composite sheet through a first splitting station to cut the first composite sheet into a plurality of first composite plies, pulling the plurality of first composite plies through a first alignment station to stack the plurality of first composite plies on top of each other to form a first stacked composite layup, pulling the first stacked composite layup through a first heating station to heat the first stacked composite layup to form a first heated composite layup, pulling the first heated composite layup through a first forming station to shape the first heated composite layup into a first pre-selected cross-sectional shape to form at least a first portion of a continuous noodle, and pulling at least the first portion of the continuous noodle through a cutting station to cut at least the first portion of the continuous noodle to a pre-selected length.

    FABRICATION OF GAP FILLERS FOR COMPOSITE PARTS THAT EXHIBIT VARYING RADII OF CURVATURE

    公开(公告)号:US20190091945A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US15718704

    申请日:2017-09-28

    IPC分类号: B29C70/20 B29C70/52 B29C70/56

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating preforms. One embodiment is a method comprising acquiring tows of fiber reinforced material, selecting a number of tows to utilize for a bundle having an aggregate shape, assembling the tows together into the bundle, curving the assembled tows by slipping the assembled tows with respect to each other, drawing the bundle through a die to bind the bundle into a preform, enforcing a longitudinally varying cross section along the preform, and locking in a curvature of the preform.