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Support mandrel, method and system for producing curved composite components

US10105939B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Tassilo Witte · Hamburg, DE
Johann-Christian Koerbelin · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB32B2305/076
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support mandrel for producing curved composite components includes a prismatoid mandrel body formed from a flexible material, the mandrel body having two polygonal bases and an upper support surface extending between the two polygonal bases of the mandrel body, and a reinforcement bar enclosed within the mandrel body and extending between the two polygonal bases of the mandrel body substantially parallel and near to the upper support surface of the mandrel body.

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