System and method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof
AssigneeIsrael Aerospace Industries Ltd.
InventorIlan TOLEDANO
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Abstract
A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof including imaging multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded, ascertaining mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of the edge joints in the multiple individual plies and providing an output indication when at least one mutual offset of the edge joints is less than a predetermined minimum offset.
Claims18
A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof comprising:
- imaging multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded;
- ascertaining mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of said edge joints in said multiple individual plies;
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- providing an output indication when at least one mutual offset of said edge joints is less than a predetermined minimum offset.
A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof comprising:
- imaging multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded;
- and
- providing a three-dimensional image file of said structure which enables ascertaining mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of said edge joints in said multiple individual plies.
A system for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof, the system comprising:
- an imager operative to image multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded;
- an offset analyzer operative to ascertain mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of said edge joints in said multiple individual plies;
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- a minimum offset threshold exceedance indicator providing an output indication when at least one mutual offset of said edge joints is less than a predetermined minimum offset.
A system for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof, the system comprising:
- an imager operative to image multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded;
- an offset analyzer operative to ascertain mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of said edge joints in said multiple individual plies;
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- an image file generator operative to provide a three-dimensional image file of said structure to said offset analyzer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.