Continuous debulking methods
OwnerLee Alan Blanton, Curt Brian Curtis +2inventors
InventorsLee Alan Blanton, Curt Brian Curtis, David Scott Miller, Robert Paul Fairbanks
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Abstract
Continuous debulking methods involving providing a spool of fabric, heating the fabric to produce a heated fabric while concurrently transferring the heated fabric to a composite structure forming tool, wrapping the heated fabric about the composite structure forming tool, applying resin to the heated fabric to obtain a resin rich fabric surface, applying a subsequent ply of heated fabric to the resin rich fabric surface to obtain an impregnated composite material, and debulking and cooling the impregnated composite to obtain a composite structure preform.
Claims20
A continuous debulking method comprising:
- providing a spool of fabric;
- heating the fabric to produce a heated fabric while concurrently transferring the heated fabric to a composite structure forming tool;
- wrapping the heated fabric about the composite structure forming tool;
- applying resin to the heated fabric to obtain a resin rich fabric surface;
- applying a subsequent ply of heated fabric to the resin rich fabric surface to obtain an impregnated composite material;
- and
- debulking and cooling the impregnated composite to obtain a composite structure preform.
A continuous debulking method comprising:
- providing a spool of fabric;
- heating the fabric to produce a heated fabric while concurrently transferring the heated fabric to a composite structure forming tool;
- wrapping the heated fabric about the composite structure forming tool while applying resin to the heated fabric to obtain a resin rich fabric surface;
- applying a subsequent ply of heated fabric to the resin rich fabric surface to obtain an impregnated composite material;
- and
- debulking the impregnated composite material while concurrently cooling the impregnated composite material to obtain a composite structure preform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.