Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure

Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing...

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Hauptverfasser: KIRCHMEIER STEPHEN K, WILLDEN KURTIS S, MADDEN KIMBERLEE, CHANG PAUL CHIH-YUNG, NELSON PAUL E, ANDERSON JOSEPH D, NOEL JENNIFER SUE, BONER SCOTT A, JEPPESEN EUGENE H, METSCHAN STEPHEN LEE, ROTTER DANIEL M, PHILLIPS RICHARD V, MACIAS HENRY, BERG ARVID J, COXON BRAD A
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing the skin segment to the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The assembling includes transferring a respective ply kit of the plurality of ply kits to a non-planar transfer tool, compacting the respective ply kit on the non-planar transfer tool, and repeating the transferring and the compacting for each ply kit in the plurality of ply kits to form the skin segment.