Positioning device with multi-directional lock

    公开(公告)号:US11738489B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17025364

    申请日:2020-09-18

    摘要: A positioning device for aligning and guiding a first half and a second half of a mold together. The positioning device may comprise a housing including identical wall members configured to define a cavity. A first member may be slidably disposed within the cavity defined by the housing. The first member may comprise a base and a plurality of walls extending from said base, wherein the plurality of walls is configured to define a void with an opening opposite the base. The first member may further comprise a post extending from the base opposite the plurality of walls and a ring disposed radially about a portion of the post, wherein the ring is configured to retain the first member within the housing. The positioning device may further comprise a second member comprising a base and a protrusion, wherein the protrusion is configured to matingly engage the void of the member.

    MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING A TURBINE ENGINE FAN CASING FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20230122853A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17917453

    申请日:2021-03-24

    摘要: A mold for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing made of composite material, includes a main axis mandrel around which a fibrous preform of a fan casing is intended to be wound; a plurality of counter-mold angular sectors assembled on the outer contour of the mandrel which are intended to close the mold and to compact the fibrous preform wound on the mandrel; wherein a flat seal with a main elongation axis directed along the main axis is arranged between each angular sector, the flat seal being compressed between two adjacent angular sectors, a first angular sector including a sealing portion passing below a lower face of the flat seal while a second angular sector including a sealing portion passing above an upper face of the flat seal.

    Magnetically attached flanges
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11613049B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17322350

    申请日:2021-05-17

    摘要: A mold for forming a wind turbine blade comprising first and second mold surfaces including a flange portion having an opening therein, wherein the first and second mold surfaces are configured for relative movement therebetween from an open position to a closed position. The opening of the first flange portion is aligned with the opening of the second flange portion when in the closed position, and a first magnet is disposed within the opening in the opening of the first mold surface, and a second magnet is disposed within the opening of the second mold surface.

    Mechanisms to automate removal of aligner from mold

    公开(公告)号:US11420362B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16662929

    申请日:2019-10-24

    摘要: Embodiments relate to automating removal of an untrimmed shell from a mold. In one embodiment, a shell removal device includes a body and a platform disposed within the body. The platform is configured to secure a mold that has an untrimmed shell formed over the mold. The shell removal device further includes a cover configured to secure the untrimmed shell to an upper surface of one or more sidewalls of the body and provide a seal between a lower surface of the untrimmed shell and the upper surface of the one or more sidewalls of the body. The shell removal device may include a media inlet in the body to permit pressurized media into the interior of the body to cause a pressure differential between an upper surface of the untrimmed shell and the lower surface of the untrimmed shell to cause the untrimmed shell to release from the mold.

    FIXTURES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220063147A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17460615

    申请日:2021-08-30

    申请人: ILLUMINA, INC.

    摘要: Fixtures and related system and methods are disclosed. In accordance with an implementation, a method includes applying a resin onto a substrate and positioning the substrate on over a chuck of a base of a fixture. The method also includes moving a mold into engagement with the resin and curing the resin. The method also includes detaching the mold and the resin and, while detaching the mold and the resin, determining a detachment force applied as a function of a distance of detachment between the mold and the resin.