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US 2025/0018615 A1Published application
Method and Apparatus for Uniform UV Curing of Resin Parts having Irregular Surfaces
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMarcos Pantoja, Eric Eugene Moyes, Michelle Ruiz
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Abstract
Photopolymer resin parts having irregular surfaces are evenly cured using a UV lamp configured to radiate the irregular surfaces with UV light with uniform intensity.
Claims38
A method of curing a part formed of a photopolymer resin and having an irregular surface, comprising:
- irradiating the part uniformly throughout the irregular surface using UV light.
A method of uniformly curing a photopolymer resin part having an irregular surface using UV light, comprising:
- irradiating the photopolymer resin part with UV light, including maintaining an intensity of UV light incident on the irregular surface at a substantially constant value over the irregular surface.
A method of irradiating a part having an irregular surface, comprising:
- mounting a UV lamp in spaced apart relationship to the irregular surface;
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- relatively moving the UV lamp and the part in a manner maintaining a uniform distance between the UV lamp and the irregular surface.
Apparatus for curing a photopolymer resin part having an irregular surface using UV light, comprising:
- plurality of UV light sources each configured to radiate UV light,
- the UV light sources being arranged is a pattern irradiating an irregular surface with UV light having uniform intensity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.