Heating tool
AssigneeBell Textron Inc.
InventorsTom S. Chiang, Bruce B. Bacon, Frank S. Allen, Jahanzeb Tareen, Christopher L. Gravelle
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Abstract
A method of curing an aircraft component including applying a temperature sensitive adhesive to a surface of a component, the surface having a contour; positioning a heating tool including a manifold with a ventilation path such that the ventilation path is adjacent to the surface by aligning the ventilation path to the contour of the component; and heating the surface of the component with uniform airflow from the ventilation path; wherein the manifold includes a chamber with a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to the surface.
Claims13
A method of curing an aircraft component, comprising:
- applying a temperature sensitive adhesive to a surface of a component, the surface having a contour;
- positioning a heating tool including a manifold with a ventilation path such that the ventilation path is adjacent to the surface by aligning the ventilation path to the contour of the component;
- and
- heating the surface of the component with uniform airflow from the ventilation path;
- wherein the manifold includes a chamber with a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.