Globe Machine Manufacturing Company

Adc Acquisition Company

Lightweight Labs, LLC

James Patrick Martin

Calvin D Bamford, Jr

Ronald Marvin Jacobsen

David Edgar Hauber

Michael James Pasanen

Robert A Law, Iii

Rob J Langone

Scott F Miller

A thermal processing and consolidation system includes an upper assembly, a lower assembly, and an air impingement device. At least one of the upper assembly or the lower assembly is a chamber assembly. The upper assembly and the lower assembly are movable relative to one another between an opened position where the upper assembly and the lower assembly are detached from one another, and a closed position where the upper assembly and the lower assembly are coupled to one another and form an enclosed plenum for receiving a tool. The air impingement device is arranged at least partially in the plenum, and configured to direct forced flows of air at the tool when the tool is received in the plenum.

Air impingement device, system and method for thermal processing and consolidation

A system to re-configure an input material into an output material includes an input material feeder reconfigurable to accept and feed an input material, an output material spooler, the input material feeder re-configurable relative to the material cutter to cut the input material at a re-configurable cut angle to produce a first intermediate cut section of material, a positioning and alignment system to position and align a leading edge of the first intermediate cut section of material with a trailing edge of a second intermediate cut section of material, a welder having a configurable position to weld the first intermediate cut section of material to the second intermediate cut section of material, and a control system comprising logic to set at least intensity of the welder, a contact pressure of the welder, temperature of the weld-table surface, and a tension applied by the output material spooler.

Machine and process to automatically reconfigure composite tape and fabric

A system includes a press, an external heater and a slipper tool. The press is moveable between an open position and a closed position, and has a mold tool. The external heater is located outside the press. The slipper tool is moveable between the external heater and a mold space of the press when the press is in an open position. The slipper tool has a surface configured to receive thereon a material of a product to be molded. The surface corresponds to a molded surface of the product. When the slipper tool is at the external heater, the external heater is configured to heat the material received on the slipper tool. When the slipper tool is in the mold space and the press is in a closed position, the mold tool is configured to press the heated material against the surface of the slipper tool to mold the product.

Slipper tool, system and method for using the slipper tool for molding

A fully automated method and apparatus is disclosed to laminate various structural articles with multiple layers of a resin impregnated fiber tape. The fiber tape is deposited with a tape laying member moving alternately in different travel directions. The tape laying member removes all backing layers from the tape being employed, then deposits the unbacked tape on the surface of the structural article and finally severs the end of the tape being deposited. An automated cut and restart procedure is employed in the present apparatus to increase throughput.

Multiple tape laying apparatus and method

A fully automated method and apparatus is disclosed to laminate various structural articles with a layer of resin impregnated fiber tape. The tape laying member removes a releasable backing layer from the tape being employed, then deposits the unbacked tape on the surface of the structural article, and finally severs the end of the tape being deposited. An automated cut and restart procedure is employed in the present tape laying member to increase tape throughput.

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James Patrick Martin