The Boeing Company

Paul T Pritchard

Darrell Darwin Jones

Kurtis Shuldberg Willden

Daniel R Smith

Raviendra Sidath Suriyaarachchi

Jeremy Evan Justice

Paul Chace Wilcoxson

Stephen Keith Kirchmeier

Robert William Whiting

Jason A Medenciy

Michael Beerman

Systems are provided for fabricating a preform for a fuselage section of an aircraft. The system includes advancing a series of arcuate mandrel sections in a process direction through an assembly line, laying up fiber reinforced material onto the arcuate mandrel sections via layup stations, uniting the series of arcuate mandrel sections into a combined mandrel; and splicing the fiber reinforced material laid-up onto the arcuate mandrel sections.

Composite assembly for unhardened fuselage components

Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a preform for a fuselage section of an aircraft. The method includes advancing a series of arcuate mandrel sections in a process direction through an assembly line, laying up fiber reinforced material onto the arcuate mandrel sections via layup stations, uniting the series of arcuate mandrel sections into a combined mandrel; and splicing the fiber reinforced material laid-up onto the arcuate mandrel sections.

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Renton, WA, United States of America

Paul T Pritchard