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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2012
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Nadya Peek, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kenneth Cheung, Boston, MA (US);
David Watson, Newtownabbey, GB;
Neil Gershenfeld, Somerville, MA (US);
Nadya Peek, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kenneth Cheung, Boston, MA (US);
David Watson, Newtownabbey, GB;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In exemplary implementations of this invention, a network of nodes controls and senses the cure of a thermosetting plastic in a component that is made of fiber composite material. The network comprises multiple nodes, which are separated spatially from each other. Each of the nodes, respectively, comprises a heat transfer device for actively transferring thermal energy, a temperature sensor for taking local temperature measurements, and a processor. In each of the nodes, respectively: (a) the processor locally performs closed loop control over the temperature of the heat transfer device, and (b) the closed loop control is based at least in part on the local temperature measurements and on estimated or measured input current to the heat transfer device.