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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/386 (2013.01); B29C 70/382 (2013.01); B29D 99/0025 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B64C 27/473 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0872 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); B64C 2027/4736 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a spar for a blade, which spar includes transversely at least one arrangement. A male former is defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated and each arrangement is subdivided into a pressure-side subassembly and a suction-side subassembly, each comprising a plurality of hanks, each hank comprising a plurality of U-shaped tape segments stacked on one another. Each subassembly of an arrangement is fabricated outside a mold for fabricating the blade on a single former adapted to that particular arrangement, fabrication being by stacking tape segments on the former using a fiber placement method implemented by a placement head.