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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Michael Finnigan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dongming Dominic Gao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bowden Kirkpatrick, Bennington, VT (US);
Alexander Joseph Vallee, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stefaan Guido Van Nieuwenhove, Hohenkammer, DE;
Yosang Yoon, Green Island, NY (US);
Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Michael Finnigan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dongming Dominic Gao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bowden Kirkpatrick, Bennington, VT (US);
Alexander Joseph Vallee, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stefaan Guido Van Nieuwenhove, Hohenkammer, DE;
Yosang Yoon, Green Island, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An application and infusion system for applying a resin to one or more fiber tows and for infusing the fiber tows with the resin, wherein each of the fiber tows is moving at a respective fiber speed. The application and infusion system includes a deposition and infusion system comprising one or more nozzles configured to deposit the resin on a respective one of the fiber tows. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the resin through each of the nozzles relative to the fiber speed of the respective ones of the fiber tows. Other aspects of the application and infusion system are also provided.