Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
INTEGRATED SMART SUSCEPTOR HEATER BLANKET DEBULK SYSTEM FOR COMPOSITES
A processing apparatus (1200) such as a heating and/or debulking apparatus that may be used to debulk a plurality of uncured composite layers (1400) to form an article (900) such as an aircraft component may include a plurality of interconnected smart susceptor heater blankets (300, 300'). The plurality of smart susceptor heater blankets (300, 300') may be connected in series or in parallel, and may be controlled to uniformly heat the component during formation.
» Number: EP3210765A1 (A1)
» Publication Date: 30/08/2017
» Applicant: BOEING CO?[US]
» Inventor: HOPKINS ANDREW M?[US]; SUTKUS DONALD J?[US] (7)
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
