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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
James Tingle, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29K 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/384 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0027 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29K 2063/00 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1317 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1322 (2015.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed a composite material lay-up head () for applying elongate fibre reinforcement material () to a tool (), the head () comprising: at least one elongate tow guide channel () for guiding fibre reinforcement material () from a tow inlet () to a tow outlet () of the channel (); and feed apparatus () for feeding fibre reinforcement material through the at least one channel (); wherein the or each channel () is provided with at least one nozzle () arranged so that in use a jet of gas can be delivered into the channel () so as to inhibit contact between fibre reinforcement material () in the channel () and the channel ().