The Boeing Company

Alan S Locke

Alan K Jones

Paul J Shirron

Wei-Pai Tang

John W Palmateer

Merrill W Hogg

Allen B Hagen

Roger L Williams

Jung Soo Park, Legal Representative

Woi-Pai Tang

In Kon Kim

A system and method for projecting an image onto a workpiece are provided. The system includes a data system capable of providing information indicative of a flaw within the workpiece, wherein the information is based on data acquired by at least one sensor. The system also includes an image-projecting device in communication with the data system and capable of projecting an image indicative of the flaw onto the workpiece, as well as a plurality of encoders for determining a location and/or orientation of the image-projecting device.

System for projecting flaws and inspection locations and associated method

A composite part program generator includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system interface, a path generator, a course head manager, a post-processor and a machine simulator. The composite part program generator produces composite part programs for use on a multihead composite material application machine, such as a composite tape lamination machine or an automated fiber placement (AFP) machine, to manufacture a complex composite parts, including relatively flat, contoured, or generally cylindrical composite parts. This programming method can reduce the labor and time required to produce a composite part program for a multihead composite material application machine by an order of magnitude with respect to manual or existing automated programming methods.

Multihead composite material application machine programming method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures

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Alan S Locke