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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
David R. Cramer, Basalt, CO (US);
Neal J. Beidleman, Aspen, CO (US);
Colin R. Chapman, Carbondale, CO (US);
Don O. Evans, New Castle, CO (US);
Michael K. Passmore, Glenwood Springs, CO (US);
Michael L. Skinner, Draper, UT (US);
David R. Cramer, Basalt, CO (US);
Neal J. Beidleman, Aspen, CO (US);
Colin R. Chapman, Carbondale, CO (US);
Don O. Evans, New Castle, CO (US);
Michael K. Passmore, Glenwood Springs, CO (US);
Michael L. Skinner, Draper, UT (US);
Fiberforge Corporation, Glenwood Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite preform from tape material, including feeding a tape section into a tape section guide that suspends the tape across a tooling surface, moving at least one of the tape section guide and the tooling surface relative to each other to position the tape section at a desired location and orientation relative to the tooling surface, moving the tape section toward a pre-existing tape section disposed on the tooling surface, and tacking the tape section to the pre-existing tape section. A corresponding apparatus for manufacturing composite preforms is also disclosed.