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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Paul Jevons, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/24 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); B29C 70/88 (2006.01); B29C 65/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/64 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/24 (2013.01); B29C 70/887 (2013.01); F01D 5/282 (2013.01); B29C 65/1425 (2013.01); B29C 65/1467 (2013.01); B29C 65/645 (2013.01); B29C 66/47 (2013.01); B29C 66/69 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/861 (2013.01); B29C 66/9192 (2013.01); B29L 2031/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7504 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1056 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of providing through-thickness reinforcement of a laminated material which includes a matrix material including a step of creating a locally heated zone in the laminated material so as to locally soften the matrix material by focussing a set of at least two energy beams at a location where through-thickness reinforcement is required and a step of inserting a reinforcement element through the thickness of the laminated material at the location of the locally heated zone to through-thickness reinforce the laminated material.