Characterization of melted veil strand ratios in plies of fiber material
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorMartin Alexander Szarski
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for characterizing a ply of fiber having a thermoplastic veil. One method includes acquiring an image of a fiber material comprising strands of fiber and further comprising a veil of filaments of thermoplastic, subdividing the image into slices, determining an amount of melted filaments depicted within each of the slices, and determining an amount of unmelted filaments depicted within each of the slices.
Claims22
A method for characterizing a ply of fiber having a thermoplastic veil, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of a fiber material comprising strands of fiber and further comprising a veil of filaments of thermoplastic;
- subdividing the image into slices;
- determining an amount of melted filaments depicted within each of the slices;
- and
- determining an amount of unmelted filaments depicted within each of the slices.
A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a processor, are operable for performing a method for characterizing a ply of fiber having a thermoplastic veil, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of a fiber material comprising strands of fiber and further comprising a veil of filaments of thermoplastic;
- subdividing the image into slices;
- determining an amount of melted filaments depicted within each of the slices;
- and
- determining an amount of unmelted filaments depicted within each of the slices.
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An apparatus for characterizing a ply of fiber having a thermoplastic veil, the apparatus comprising:
- an interface that receives an image of a fiber material comprising strands of fiber and further comprising a veil of filaments of thermoplastic;
- and
- a controller that subdivides the image into slices, determines an amount of melted filaments depicted within each of the slices, and determines an amount of unmelted filaments depicted within each of the slices.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.