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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Marc Rollo Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Gregory James Schoepen Hickman, University City, MO (US);
Alexander M. Rubin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lee Charles Firth, Renton, WA (US);
Randall Dow Wilkerson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
James R. Fox, University City, MO (US);
Charles Richard Prebil, University City, MO (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a stiffened thermoplastic panel is presented. The method may comprise placing a number of forming tools within a number of concave areas of a thermoplastic preform. The method may also place the thermoplastic preform with the number of forming tools within the number of concave areas on a thermoplastic lay-up to form a workpiece. The method may also position the workpiece within a tool. The tool may have a number of die liners configured to generate heat in response to a magnetic field. The method may also consolidate the workpiece to form the stiffened thermoplastic panel. Consolidating may comprise applying a magnetic field to the number of die liners to heat the workpiece to a consolidation temperature.