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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Allen B. Hagen, Auburn, WA (US);
Merrill W. Hogg, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Alan K. Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Jung Soo Park, Legal Representative, Federal Way, WA (US);
Alan S. Locke, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Shirron, Black Diamond, WA (US);
Wei-pai Tang, Redmond, WA (US);
Roger L. Williams, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Allen B. Hagen, Auburn, WA (US);
Merrill W. Hogg, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Alan K. Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Jung Soo Park, legal representative, Federal Way, WA (US);
Alan S. Locke, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Shirron, Black Diamond, WA (US);
Wei-Pai Tang, Redmond, WA (US);
Roger L. Williams, Port Orchard, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A composite part program generator includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system interface, a path generator, a course head manager, a post-processor and a machine simulator. The composite part program generator produces composite part programs for use on a multihead composite material application machine, such as a composite tape lamination machine or an automated fiber placement (AFP) machine, to manufacture a complex composite parts, including relatively flat, contoured, or generally cylindrical composite parts. This programming method can reduce the labor and time required to produce a composite part program for a multihead composite material application machine by an order of magnitude with respect to manual or existing automated programming methods.