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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Phillip John Crothers, Hampton East, AU;
David Michael Bain, Ashburton, AU;
Martin Alexander Szarski, Canterbury, AU;
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B29C 70/386 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01); B32B 2038/1891 (2013.01); B32B 2405/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45238 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for laying composite tape. The method may comprise driving a plurality of robots, each having a respective movement system across a movement surface, in which the movement surface faces a workpiece, and laying composite tape from the plurality of robots in a coordinated manner on the workpiece.