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AssigneeSpirit AeroSystems, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Garber, Mark Anthony Wadsworth, Bradley John Blonigen
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A method of forming a corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet includes preheating a thermoplastic matrix composite sheet including a thermoplastic matrix and a reinforcement material to at least about a melting temperature of the thermoplastic matrix; preheating at least one of a pair of complementary corrugating tools to at least about a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic matrix; compressing the preheated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet between the pair of complementary corrugating tools to form a corrugation in the thermoplastic matrix composite sheet; and holding the corrugation between the pair of complementary corrugating tools until a portion of the thermoplastic matrix composite sheet having the corrugation is below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic matrix to form the corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet.
A method of forming a corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet, the method comprising:
An apparatus for forming a corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet from a thermoplastic matrix composite sheet with reinforcement material embedded therein, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for forming a corrugated thermoplastic sheet, the apparatus comprising:
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