General Electric Company

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Julian O'Flynn

Mark Ernest Vermilyea

Scott Roger Finn

Frank Worthoff

Bulent Aksel

Iacopo Giovannetti

Massimo Giannozzi

Andrea Massini

Sultan Shair

Mathias Ernst Messmer

Mile Ostojic

Christophe Lanaud

Ian Francis Prentice

Wendy Wen-Ling Lin

Dong-Jin Shim

Ross Ashely Spoonire

A centrifugal impeller for a turbomachine is provided. The centrifugal impeller comprises a plurality of aerodynamic vanes, each of the aerodynamic vanes having internal walls on which is associated a fabric element.

Centrifugal impeller and turbomachine

A mold for a centrifugal impeller for a turbomachine is provided. The mold comprises at least one annular insert, wherein the annular insert comprises a plurality of aerodynamic vane inserts configured to reproduce an annular assembly of aerodynamic vanes of a finished centrifugal impeller.

Mold for a centrifugal impeller, mold inserts and method for building a centrifugal impeller

A method for applying at least one ply onto a tool or an uncured composite layup disposed on the tool includes automatically controlling slidably removing at least one nonstick separator relative to the at least one ply positioned on the at least one nonstick separator to inhibit at least a portion of the at least one ply from adhering to the tool or uncured composite layup while applying a moving compressive force to an outer surface of the at least one ply relative to a moving trailing edge of the at least one nonstick separator to adhere at least a portion of the at least one ply to the tool or to the uncured composite layup.

Methods and systems for automated ply layup for composites

A composite material includes a composite body having a composite surface, and a reinforcing element extending through the composite body in a first plurality of stitches and a second plurality of stitches. The first plurality of stitches are aligned relative to the composite surface substantially similarly to each other. The second plurality of stitches are aligned relative to the composite surface substantially dissimilarly to each other.

Methods and systems for stitching composite materials

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