Method for making a composite
US6759002B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T409/309016
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a composite uses a hybrid tool which serves both as a form on which constituent materials are applied for bonding or curing into a part in a desired configuration, and as a fixture for holding the bonded or cured materials in the originally applied position during subsequent machining of a peripheral edge of the part. The method includes fabricating a face sheet of composite material having a facing surface configured to the reverse of a desired shape of one surface of a part to be made on the tool. The materials for the part are applied on the face sheet, debulked, bonded or cured, and edge trimmed thereon, all while on the face sheet in the originally applied position.
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