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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Hexcel Corporation, Dublin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Gerdisch, San Clemente, CA (US);
Richard Callis, Covington, WA (US);
Adam Senta, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
HEXCEL CORPORATION, Dublin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 33/30 (2006.01); B29C 33/40 (2006.01); B29K 79/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/3807 (2013.01); B29C 33/301 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 33/40 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29K 2079/08 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0881 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/757 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for seaming a multi-sectional composite tooling for use in molding large composite structures. The tooling includes at least two tooling sections that are made from quasi-isotropic sheet molding compound. The two tooling sections are seamed together with a scarf plug at the tooling surface. The scarf plug is composed of specially oriented layers of consolidated quasi-isotropic sheet molding compound. The scarf plug is made from the same type of quasi-isotropic sheet molding compound that is used to make the tooling sections.