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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert W. Whiting, Rigby, ID (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Kent, WA (US);
Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi, Daniel Island, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for preparing a bladder for use in manufacturing a composite stringer includes a sock application station, a film application station, and a composite ply application station. The sock application station has a sock cartridge configured to progressively apply a breather sock of breather material in tubular form onto a bladder as the bladder exits the sock cartridge to thereby result in a sock-bladder assembly. The film application station is located downstream of the sock application station and is configured to inflate a film from a flat shape into an open film tube prior to application over the sock-bladder assembly to thereby result in a film-sock-bladder assembly. The composite ply application station is located downstream of the film application station and has a wrap ply forming bed containing at least one forming bed opening and configured to receive one or more wrap plies of a wrap laminate for urging into the forming bed opening by the film-sock-bladder assembly to produce a ply-film-sock-bladder assembly.