Method of manufacturing a honey comb structure of thermostructural composite material
US5415715A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24661
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure of thermostructural composite material comprising a fiber reinforcing fabric densified by a matrix, the fibers of the reinforcing fabric being of a material selected from carbon and ceramics, as is the matrix, the method comprising the following steps: making a three-dimensional fiber fabric by means of superposed two-dimensional plies that are bonded together by means of fibers passing through the plies; making slit-shaped cuts in a staggered configuration through the plies, and through the entire thickness of the fabric; stretching the cut fabric in a direction that is not parallel to the cuts but that is parallel to the plies so as to form cells whose walls are constituted by the lips of the cuts; and while the cut texture is held in the stretched state, densifying it using the matrix-constituting material to obtain a rigid honeycomb structure of thermostructural material.
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