FLEXIBLE TOOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

A system and method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes multiple flexible tooling plates that are interlocked to each other to form a tooling surface for forming a composite structure to be manufactured. Moreover, the system includes an ac...

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Hauptverfasser:	BOWDEN, Thomas Samuel, GUNNER, Jon Paul, ASHDOWN, Ian Hawthorn, MARTINEZ, Antonio Bernerd
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS LAYERED PRODUCTS LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method is provided for manufacturing a composite structure. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes multiple flexible tooling plates that are interlocked to each other to form a tooling surface for forming a composite structure to be manufactured. Moreover, the system includes an actuator array connected to the flexible plates and that can move the flexible plates relative to each other to adjust a contour of the tooling surface to correspond to a design contour of the composite structure to be manufactured. L'invention concerne un système et un procédé de fabrication d'une structure composite. Selon un aspect donné à titre d'exemple, le système comprend de multiples plaques d'usinage flexibles qui sont verrouillées les unes aux autres pour former une surface d'outillage pour former une structure composite à fabriquer. De plus, le système comprend un réseau d'actionneurs relié aux plaques flexibles et qui peut déplacer les plaques flexibles les unes par rapport aux autres pour ajuster un contour de la surface d'outillage pour correspondre à un contour de conception de la structure composite à fabriquer.