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US 2013/0294644 A1Published application
System and method for repairing composite parts
AssigneeSpirit AeroSystems, Inc.
InventorsGlen Paul Cork, Darin C. Wiley
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AssigneeSpirit AeroSystems, Inc.
InventorsGlen Paul Cork, Darin C. Wiley
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A composite repair system and method for assisting in the repair of a cured composite part in which a damaged portion has been cut out and removed, exposing a plurality of composite plies and their cut edges, which are then taper sanded to expose a plurality of taper-sanded surfaces and their corresponding ply boundaries. The ply boundaries may be traced by a user with a marking device. The composite repair system may comprise an image capturing device to obtain an image of the traced ply boundaries and a computing device for processing creating a map of the traced ply boundaries based on the image. The map may be used to manufacture filler plies having peripheral edges shaped to correspond with the ply boundaries for replacing the damaged portion of the composite part.
A method of detecting ply boundaries of a plurality of composite plies to repair a cured composite part, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for directing a computing device in repairing a composite part comprising a plurality of composite plies, a portion of the composite part being taper-cut or taper-sanded to expose a plurality of taper-sanded surfaces of the composite plies and a plurality of ply boundaries at which adjacent ones of the taper-sanded surfaces meet, the computer program comprising:
A method of detecting a plurality of substantially continuous ply boundaries of a plurality of composite plies of a composite part to be repaired, wherein the ply boundaries are inward of a peripheral boundary of the composite part, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.