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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Landon K. Henson, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
John Hull, Sammamish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for preheating a thermoplastic charge are disclosed. A gas moving unit establishes a flow of a gas through a conduit. A heating assembly is positioned between an inlet and an outlet of the conduit. A holding vessel is in fluid communication with the conduit and houses a thermoplastic particulate material. The thermoplastic particulate material includes a thermoplastic matrix material. The thermoplastic particulate material is introduced to the flow of the gas to yield a gas-particulate mixture. At least one of the gas and the gas-particulate mixture, moving through the conduit, is heated using the heating assembly to yield a heated gas-particulate mixture. The heated gas-particulate mixture is deposited into a mold from the outlet of the conduit.