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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
John R. Wooten, Simi Valley, CA (US);
John R. Wooten, Simi Valley, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An method for the rapid manufacturing of aerospace replacement partsis provided, including removing an in-service aerospace part from an aerospace system. The present invention further includes placing the in-service aerospace part into a three-dimensional scanning device. The invention then scans the in-service aerospace part utilizing the three-dimensional scanning device to develop a three-dimensional scan. A computer-aided-design model is then developed based on the three-dimensional scan. The invention then direct metal fabricates a replacement aerospace part from the computer-aided-design model utilizing layer-build technology device. Finally the replacement aerospace part is installed back into the aerospace system