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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Shoreline, WA (US);
Troy Winfree, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Lyle Stubblefield, Federal Way, WA (US);
Rainer J. Romatka, Bellevue, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A layup strategy analysis tool including a memory storing layup strategy analysis instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the layup strategy analysis instructions. During execution, the layup strategy analysis instructions obtain model data representing a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object to be formed using an automated fiber placement process. The layup strategy analysis instructions also obtain process data descriptive of the automated fiber placement process and one or more automated fiber placement machines. The layup strategy analysis instructions also generate output indicating a count of a number of tows that can be simultaneously applied during a single pass based on a geometry of the object and based on manufacturability constraints indicated by the process data.