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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Suvankar Mishra, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B29B 11/00 (2006.01); B29B 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B29B 11/00 (2013.01); B29B 11/16 (2013.01); G01N 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 2260/023 (2013.01); B32B 2305/076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example of a method of manufacturing a component from a composite prepreg includes collecting a specimen from the composite prepreg and quantifying an amount of surface resin of the specimen by submerging the specimen in a container containing a fluid to determine a fluid pickup percentage. Responsive to a determination that the fluid pickup percentage exceeds a predefined threshold value, forming a component from the composite prepreg.