The Boeing Company

Stephen Howard Williams

Michael Robert Chapman

Robert M Watson

Marcus Anthony Belcher

Richard Allen Miller, Ii

Richard Allen Miller

Richard Allen Ii Miller

A system for treating a surface and applying adhesive to an already treated portion of the surface concurrently is presented. The system comprises surface treatment equipment, adhesive application equipment, and a common feed system. The surface treatment equipment is configured to treat the surface of an elongated member. The adhesive application equipment is configured to apply adhesive to the already treated portion of the surface. The common feed system feeds the elongated member beneath the surface treatment equipment and the adhesive application equipment concurrently.

Common feed system for surface treatment and adhesive application

A compaction device for use with an automated fiber placement machine includes multiple compaction rollers mounted for independent displacement on a supporting frame. The attitude of the compaction rollers change relative to each other when fiber tows are laid up at an angle over an edge of a tool in order to maintain compaction pressure on the tows and thereby reduce non-compacted areas of the tows.

Compaction method for automated fiber placement

Compaction method and device for automated fiber placement

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Kent, WA, United States of America

Stephen Howard Williams