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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2010
Brett I. Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Aaron W. Bartel, Mountlake Terrrace, WA (US);
David Eric Gideon, Edmonds, WA (US);
Brett I. Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Aaron W. Bartel, Mountlake Terrrace, WA (US);
David Eric Gideon, Edmonds, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a method of prototyping a thermoplastic composite part. The method comprises fabricating one or more discardable freeform tooling elements via a rapid manufacturing process. The method further comprises forming thermoplastic composite materials into a thermoplastic composite prototype part using the one or more discardable freeform tooling elements. The method further comprises separating the thermoplastic composite prototype part from the one or more discardable freeform tooling elements.