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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Blair Alexandra Lim, Seattle, WA (US);
Young Zeon, Edmonds, WA (US);
Gerfried Rudolf Achtner, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 71/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/73776 (2013.01); B29C 70/44 (2013.01); B29K 2071/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for consolidating thermoplastic parts. One embodiment is a method of automatically forming a thermoplastic composite structure. The method includes heating a thermoplastic preform to a forming temperature, forming the thermoplastic preform into a thermoplastic part having a desired shape, aligning multiple thermoplastic parts together, and consolidating the multiple thermoplastic parts together while controlling crystallization to form a complex thermoplastic part.