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Patent No.:

US 9421744 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2014

Methods and systems for automated ply layup for composites

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sultan Shair, Ismaning b. Bavaria, DE;

Julian Thomas O'Flynn, Halifax, CA;

Mathias Ernst Messmer, Lenggries b. Bavaria, DE;

Frank Worthoff, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Mile Ostojic, London, CA;

Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:

John P. Darling

Primary Examiner:

Sing P Chan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/52 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/26 (2006.01); B32B 38/10 (2006.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/68 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/20 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B65H 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/0007 (2013.01); B29C 65/78 (2013.01); B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/144 (2013.01); B32B 37/146 (2013.01); B32B 37/26 (2013.01); B32B 38/0036 (2013.01); B29C 33/68 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/20 (2013.01); B29C 66/004 (2013.01); B29C 66/80 (2013.01); B29C 66/83413 (2013.01); B32B 38/1858 (2013.01); B32B 2037/262 (2013.01); B32B 2305/022 (2013.01); B32B 2305/024 (2013.01); B32B 2305/77 (2013.01); B32B 2309/12 (2013.01); B65H 41/00 (2013.01); Y10T 156/16 (2015.01); Y10T 156/17 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1994 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method for applying at least one ply onto a tool or an uncured composite layup disposed on the tool includes automatically controlling slidably removing at least one nonstick separator relative to the at least one ply positioned on the at least one nonstick separator to inhibit at least a portion of the at least one ply from adhering to the tool or uncured composite layup while applying a moving compressive force to an outer surface of the at least one ply relative to a moving trailing edge of the at least one nonstick separator to adhere at least a portion of the at least one ply to the tool or to the uncured composite layup.

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