General Electric Company

Alexander Joseph Vallee, Jr

Mark Ernest Vermilyea

Nicholas Joseph Kray

Stefaan Guido Van Nieuwenhove

Bowden Kirkpatrick

Peter Michael Finnigan

Dongming Dominic Gao

Yosang Yoon

Craig Douglas Carmichael

Matthew Allen Radebach

An apparatus for forming a flange on a component is presented. The apparatus includes a mold disposed for the placement of the component thereon, a forming tool, and a tubular bladder. The forming tool is assembled to hold the component with a first portion extending into a space defined between the mold and the forming tool. The tubular bladder has a non-uniform wall thickness around its cross section along a longitudinal dimension of the bladder. The bladder is disposed in a step defined in the mold, and configured to impart a forming force to the portion extending into the space to form the flange on the component when the bladder is inflated. A method for forming the flange on the component is also provided.

Apparatus and method for forming flanges on components

An application and infusion system for applying a resin to one or more fiber tows and for infusing the fiber tows with the resin, wherein each of the fiber tows is moving at a respective fiber speed. The application and infusion system includes a deposition and infusion system comprising one or more nozzles configured to deposit the resin on a respective one of the fiber tows. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the resin through each of the nozzles relative to the fiber speed of the respective ones of the fiber tows. Other aspects of the application and infusion system are also provided.

Resin application and infusion system

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Brighton, MI, United States of America

Alexander Joseph Vallee, Jr