The Boeing Company

Dennis Wayne Stewart

Andrew Elmer Modin

David Paul Banks

James Niemann Buttrick

Edoardo P Depase

Jesus Sanchez

A forming module for forming a composite laminate part over a tool is provided. The forming module comprises a base, a ply carrier control assembly adapted for controlling the position of a flexible ply carrier on which composite resin plies are mounted, and a head section mounted on the base and adapted for automatically forming the composite resin plies from the ply carrier onto the tool.

Method and apparatus for fabricating contoured laminate structures

A plurality of identical fabrication modules are linked together and configurable to fabricate any of a plurality of differing laminate structures in a family of structures having common features. Each of the fabrication modules is locally adapted to fabricate a section of the laminate structure on a corresponding tool. A controller controls and coordinates automated operation of the fabrication modules.

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Toutle, WA, United States of America

Dennis Wayne Stewart