Apparatus and methods for forming composite components
AssigneeShort Brothers PLC
InventorsOran WALSH, Mark BRANIFF, Sam WILSON
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Abstract
Herein is described a method of manufacturing a composite component (tool or part), wherein the method comprises: supplying resin (214) from a first port (220b) into a mould cavity (112); delaying supplying resin from a second port (220a, 220c) into the mould cavity until a resin front associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet reaches the second outlet; and supplying resin from the second outlet into the mould cavity once the resin associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet has reached the second outlet.
Claims25
A method of manufacturing a composite component (tool or part), the method comprising:
- supplying resin from a first port into a mould cavity;
- delaying supplying resin from a second port into the mould cavity until a resin front associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet reaches the second outlet;
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- supplying resin from the second outlet into the mould cavity once the resin associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet has reached the second outlet.
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A manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a mould with a mould cavity, wherein the mould comprises at least a first and a second outlet, each outlet being for supplying resin into the mould cavity;
- a control system, the control system being configured to delay supplying resin from the second outlet into the mould cavity until a resin front associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet reaches the second outlet;
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- a resin supply system, the resin supply system being configured to supply resin from the second outlet into the mould cavity in dependence on the control system, such that resin is supplied from the second outlet once the resin associated with the supply of resin from the first outlet has reached the second outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.