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Automated production of acoustic structures

US10542363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Eric Herrera · Coos Bay, US
Noel Timothy Gerken · Maple Valley, US
John Scott Bauman · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 26, 2017
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/12
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.

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