US 9,090,027 B2 · System and method of constructing composite structures

Abstract

A method of constructing a composite component includes at least one of laterally and longitudinally aligning a material strip relative to a concavity of a layup tool, at least one of laterally and longitudinally extending the material strip to a predetermined location relative to the layup tool, wherein the material strip is substantially rectangular, and vertically abutting the material strip to the concavity of the layup tool, wherein the longitudinally extending the material strip includes at least one of (1) measuring a longitudinal distance of the material strip and (2) aligning a longitudinal end of the material strip with a longitudinal distance indicium and wherein the laterally extending the material strip includes at least one of (1) measuring a lateral distance of the material strip and (4) aligning a lateral end of the material strip with a lateral distance indicium.

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Dependent claims

A method of constructing a composite component, comprising:

longitudinally aligning each of a plurality of material strips relative to a concavity of a layup tool, wherein each of the plurality of material strips is substantially rectangular;
longitudinally extending the material strip to a predetermined location relative to the layup tool by:
measuring a longitudinal distance of each of the plurality of material strips, and aligning a longitudinal end of at least one of the plurality of material strips with a longitudinal distance indicium;
vertically abutting each of the plurality of material strips to the concavity of the layup tool to form a stack of material strips;
and
machining the stack of material strips using a router traversing longitudinally over the stack of material strips and using a bit assembly rotating in a direction causing the router to be pulled toward a rear of the layup tool.

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A method of constructing a composite component, the method comprising:

extending a first material strip above a concavity formed in a layup tool, the first material strip extending beyond longitudinal extents and lateral extents of the concavity;
vertically abutting the first material strip with the concavity;
extending a second material strip above the first material strip, the second material strip extending within the longitudinal extents and beyond the lateral extents of the concavity;
vertically abutting the second material strip with the concavity;
extending a third material strip above the second material strip, the third material strip extending within longitudinal extents of the second material strip and within the lateral extents of the concavity;
vertically abutting the third material strip;
and
machining a stack of the first material strip, the second material strip and the third material strip to construct the composite component using a router traversing longitudinally over the stack of material strips and using a bit assembly rotating in a direction causing the router to be pulled toward a rear of the layup tool.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method of constructing composite structures

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