The Boeing Company

Peter J VanVoast

Paul H Shelley, Jr

Joseph Warren

William Thomas Kline

Dan Dresskell Day

Geoffrey Allen Butler

Thomas Andrew Dean

Erik Lund

Luis A Perla

Charles Yuanxin Hu

Bruce R Davis

Thomas Joseph Kennedy

Robert G Meyer

Charles J Nelson

Justin L Holland

Richard A Ransom

Curtis M Groth

Thang D Phung

Joseph F Warren

A method for forming a structural member and a structural member produced thereby includes positioning a first composite section and a second composite section within a tool. The tool has an inner surface and a wall intersection and is supported by a tool platform. The tool platform and a pressure platform are relatively movable between an open position and a closed position. The tool has a non-planar outer surface against which the member may be pressed. A composite splice member is positioned at least partially overlapping both the first composite section and the second composite section to form a joint in the composite structural member. The composite structural member is pressed against the non-planar outer surface of the tool by applying pressure to the joint from a pressure bladder. Heat is applied to the composite structural member at the joint to cure the composite splice member to the first composite section and the second composite section.

Aircraft skin attachment system

A method and system are provided for real-time contaminant detection and plasma treatment verification during plasma treatment of bonding surfaces. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) is utilized to determine contamination of a bonding surface prior to the bonding process. OES is further utilized to monitor bonding sites on the bonding surface to verify effectiveness of the plasma treatment.

Optical emission spectroscopy of plasma treated bonding surfaces

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Peter J VanVoast