Head and system for continuously manufacturing composite tube
AssigneeCc3D LLC
InventorsKenneth Lyle Tyler, Jeff Beebout
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include coating a continuous strand with a matrix, discharging a composite tubular structure made from the coated continuous strand, and exposing the matrix in the composite tubular structure to light to cure the matrix during discharging. The method may also include depositing a material layer onto an internal surface of the composite tubular structure as the composite tubular structure is being discharged, and wiping a squeegee over the material layer.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- coating a continuous strand with a matrix;
- discharging a composite tubular structure made from the coated continuous strand;
- exposing the matrix in the composite tubular structure to light to cure the matrix during discharging;
- depositing a material layer onto an internal surface of the composite tubular structure as the composite tubular structure is being discharged;
- and
- wiping a squeegee over the material layer.
A method of manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- coating a continuous strand with a matrix;
- discharging a composite tubular structure made from the coated continuous strand;
- exposing the matrix in the composite tubular structure to light to cure the matrix during discharging;
- depositing a material layer onto a surface of the composite tubular structure as the composite tubular structure is being discharged;
- and
- exposing the material layer to light to cure the material layer during discharging.
A method of manufacturing a composite structure, comprising:
- coating a continuous strand with a matrix;
- discharging a composite tubular structure made from the coated continuous strand;
- depositing a material layer onto a surface of the composite tubular structure as the composite tubular structure is being discharged;
- wiping a squeegee over the material layer;
- and
- selectively adjusting a radial distance from a blade of the squeegee to the surface of the composite tubular structure to vary a thickness of the material layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.