The Boeing Company

Daniel Smith

Darrell Darwin Jones

Kurtis Shuldberg Willden

Jeremy Evan Justice

Scott Edward Krajca

Erik Lund

Long H Ly

Mark S Bunker

Chace Wilcoxson

Marko Oviir

Gregory R Klempel

Wade Morris

A system for fabricating a composite structure includes a ply carrier including a ply support surface configured to support at least one composite ply. The system includes a carrier transfer device configured to convey the ply carrier. The system includes a lamination system configured to selectively apply the at least one composite ply to the ply support surface of the ply carrier. The system includes a transfer system configured to remove the ply carrier from the carrier transfer device and to apply the at least one composite ply to at least a portion of a forming surface of a forming tool. The system includes a forming system configured to form the at least one composite ply over the at least a portion of the forming surface of the forming tool.

System and method for fabricating a composite structure

Growing community of inventors

Woodinville, WA, United States of America

Daniel Smith