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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Philip P. Steinacher, Carrollton, IL (US);
Randall Dow Wilkerson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
James Rodney Fox, University City, MO (US);
Michael Palmore Matlack, St. Charles, MO (US);
Ryan Joseph Merriman, Ballwin, MO (US);
Donald C. Besselsen, Lake St. Louis, MO (US);
David Phillip Bruk, St. Louis, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a continuous compression molding machine. The continuous compression molding machine comprises a tooling die, extending through a heating zone and a cooling zone, a tooling sleeve, and a biasing system. The tooling sleeve corresponds to the tooling die and is for use in forming a thermoplastic composite part from a thermoplastic composite charge when the tooling sleeve with the thermoplastic composite charge is moved with respect to the tooling die through the heating zone and the cooling zone. The biasing system is configured to hold the thermoplastic charge at a first angle within the heating zone and hold the thermoplastic composite charge at a second angle within the cooling zone, as the tooling sleeve moves through the heating zone and the cooling zone with the thermoplastic composite charge. The first angle is different from the second angle.