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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Christopher James Madsen, Bountiful, UT (US);
Ram Kumar Upadhyay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Stefaan Guido Van Nieuwenhove, Hohenkammer, DE;
Thomas Kluge, Lenggries, DE;
Mathias Ernst Messmer, Lenggries, DE;
Martin Petersen, Poing, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An automated in-line feed-through system and method, integrates the ability to control one or more variables during part fabrication with the layup of one or more fiber tows to form a composite part. The system includes an automated layup system configured to receive a feed-through of one or more fiber tows as an input material. The automated in-line feed-through system further includes a controller configured to respond to measurement data obtained by one or more samplings of the input material and/or a plurality of laid up plies that form a laminate. The controller in response to the obtained measurement data provides adjustment of the feed-through of the one or more fiber tows to compensate for a variation in one or more of the weights from a reference weight.