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AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBrice A. Johnson, Sayata Ghose, Kevin F. Malik
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An automated fiber-placement method (300) comprises delivering a first quantity of pulsed energy (122) to first discrete portions (124) of at least one fiber-reinforced tape strip (104), and delivering a second quantity of pulsed energy (123) to second discrete portions (125) of at least the one fiber-reinforced tape strip (104), alternating with the first discrete portions (124). The first quantity of pulsed energy (122) heats the first discrete portions (124) to a first temperature. The second quantity of pulsed energy (123) heats the second discrete portions (125) to a second temperature. The automated fiber-placement method (300) further comprises laying down at least the one fiber-reinforced tape strip (104) against a substrate (116) along a virtual curvilinear path (128), such that (i) at least the one fiber-reinforced tape strip (104) is centered on the virtual curvilinear path (128), and (ii) the first discrete portions (124) are transformed into discrete tape-regions (148), geometrically different from the first discrete portions (124).
An automated fiber-placement system (100), comprising:
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An automated fiber-placement method (300), comprising steps of:
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