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US 2016/0257059 A1Published application
3D Thermoplastic Composite Pultrusion System and Method
AssigneeEbert Composites Corporation
InventorsDavid W. Johnson, Scott A. Garrett, Stephen G. Moyers
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Abstract
A 3D thermoplastic pultrusion system and method based upon a 3D variable die system and including one or more sets of 3D thermoplastic forming machines to continuously produce thermoplastic composite pultrusions with at least one of varying cross-section geometry and constant surface contours, varying cross-section geometry and varying surface contours, and constant cross-section geometry and varying surface contours.
Claims18
An airfoil manufactured by a process, the process comprising:
- providing composite material including one or more thermoplastic composite tapes;
- heating the composite material including one or more thermoplastic composite tapes with a heating mechanism;
- controlling one or more sets of 3D thermoplastic forming machines with a CNC control system to form the heated composite material including one or more thermoplastic composite tapes into the airfoil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.