The Boeing Company

Theboeing Company

Ryan Christopher Lucas

Jeffrey Hayden Olberg

Michael Robert Anderson

James Niemann Buttrick

Daniel Joseph Perron

Alan G Burg

Daniel Mark McDonagh

Mark Klewiada

Apparatus including a robotically controlled end effector having a compliant nosepiece that forms plies of a material onto contoured surfaces of a tool. The end effector includes a plurality of individually controllable rotary actuators which respectively control the position and compliancy of individual sections of the nosepiece in order to better conform the plies the contoured tool surfaces.

End effector for forming prepreg plies on highly contoured surfaces

Apparatus for forming composite plies on a contoured tool includes a forming head for forming the composite plies on the tool. The forming head is mounted on a manipulator and includes a compliant nosepiece adapted to conform to the contoured tool.

Method and apparatus for fabricating contoured laminate structures

A vacuum attachment comprises a base having an upper face and a lower face, and an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a first flow passage between the upper face and the lower face. The lower face provides a smooth contact surface. A single orifice extends through the base from the outer surface to the inner surface. The orifice is spaced apart from the lower face.

Vacuum attachment

A composite filler noodle is pulled through upper and lower roller dies respectively rotatable about first and second axes. The first and second axes are aligned to extend substantially parallel to each other within a plane that is substantially orthogonal to an axis of movement of the noodle.

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Puyallup, WA, United States of America

Ryan Christopher Lucas