The Boeing Company

Scott Allen Boner

Kurtis Shuldberg Willden

Paul Elfes Nelson

Daniel M Rotter

Brad Andrew Coxon

Stephen Lee Metschan

Richard V Phillips

Jennifer Sue Noel

Arvid J Berg

Joseph D Anderson

Stephen Keith Kirchmeier

Paul Chih-Yung Chang

Henry Macias

Kimberlee Madden

Eugene H Jeppesen

Lisa Christina Carlson

Khanh Mai Pham

Mary Leann Parker

Alicia Salcedo Medina

John A Minerich

Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes selecting an end caul comprising a structure of sintered material surrounding volumes of unsintered particles, creating a laminate comprising fibers within a resin matrix, placing the end caul in contact with an end of the laminate, and processing the laminate.

3D printed end cauls for composite part fabrication

Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing the skin segment to the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The assembling includes transferring a respective ply kit of the plurality of ply kits to a non-planar transfer tool, compacting the respective ply kit on the non-planar transfer tool, and repeating the transferring and the compacting for each ply kit in the plurality of ply kits to form the skin segment.

Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure

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North Bend, WA, United States of America

Scott Allen Boner