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US 10,518,496 B2Granted
Press for pressing a thermoplastic composite component
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorPeter Linde
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Abstract
A press for pressing a component, such as a thermoplastic consolidation and/or forming press, has a first fixed part as a first pressing tool, a movable part as a second pressing tool for pressing a component together with the first pressing tool, and a second fixed part for applying a pressing force to the movable part, wherein the second fixed part and the movable part apply the pressing force generated via interaction between a magnetic field of a pressing magnet and a superconductor cooled below its step temperature.
Claims15
A press for pressing a component, the press comprising:
- a first fixed part comprising a first pressing tool;
- a movable part comprising a second pressing tool for pressing a component together with the first pressing tool;
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- a second fixed part for applying a pressing force to the movable part,
- a superconductor having a step temperature located in one of the movable part or the second fixed part and a pressing magnet located in the other of the movable part or the second fixed part,
- a cryostat located in the one of the movable part or the second fixed part with the superconductor and configured for cooling a superconducting material of the superconductor below its step temperature to form a diamagnet,
- wherein the second fixed part and the movable part are configured to apply the pressing force generated via interaction between a magnetic field of the pressing magnet and the superconductor cooled below its step temperature.
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