The Boeing Company

Zachariah B Vandemark

Chen Chuck

Everette Desmond Gray

Michael L Sangwin

Tunde Abiodun Olaniyan

David John Barene

Naimishkumar Harpal

Daniel Paul Brzozowski

Nathan Owen Packard

Minkoo Han

Frederick W Roos

Naimishkumar B Harpal

Methods of fabricating a component, such as a cascade grid panel for a jet engine thrust reverser, having a plurality of cavities extending through the component, with each cavity having at least one surface with a complex contour, and related devices. A plurality of two or more mold inserts are stacked to form a mold insert stack, with the mold insert stack having a plurality of mold bosses formed by mold boss sets. The mold boss sets are each formed by a mold boss segment from each of the mold inserts. Further, the mold boss segments are affixed to respective baseplates so that the mold boss segments can be handled as a group and remain properly positioned relative to their neighboring mold boss segments.

Molding insert assembly, molding apparatus, and molding method

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Zachariah B Vandemark