Apparatuses and methods for seal cap installation
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRobert Marshall Burgess, Matthew G. Chaney
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Abstract
One example of the present disclosure relates to a form for supporting a volume of a viscous substance encapsulating at least a portion of an object while the viscous substance solidifies to form a seal. The form comprises a non-metallic solidified material; a distal axial opening; a proximal axial opening; and a lateral wall between the distal axial opening and the proximal axial opening. The lateral wall comprises an outwardly facing surface having a surface area, and at least one through lateral opening.
Claims20
A method (200) of forming a seal (10) about at least a portion of an object (12), the method (200) comprising:
- placing (202) a form (100), comprising a non-metallic solidified material (102) and at least one through lateral opening (110), about the at least a portion of the object (12);
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- flowing (204) a viscous substance into the form (100) and about the at least a portion of the object (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.