Method of through-thickness reinforcing a laminated material
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorMatthew Paul JEVONS
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Abstract
A method of providing through-thickness reinforcement of a laminated material which includes a matrix material including a step of creating a locally heated zone in the laminated material so as to locally soften the matrix material by focussing a set of at least two energy beams at a location where through-thickness reinforcement is required and a step of inserting a reinforcement element through the thickness of the laminated material at the location of the locally heated zone to through-thickness reinforce the laminated material.
Claims15
A method of providing through-thickness reinforcement of a laminated material including a matrix material, comprising the steps of:
- providing a laminated material;
- creating a locally heated zone in the laminated material so as to locally soften the matrix material by focussing a set of at least two energy beams on a focal zone which corresponds to a location where through-thickness reinforcement is required;
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- inserting a reinforcement element through the thickness of the laminated material at the location of the locally heated zone to through-thickness reinforce the laminated material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.