Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING DOOR SKIN AND WALL WITH DOORWAY
A method of manufacturing a door skin and a fuselage wall having a doorway and a member extending into the doorway for abutting the door includes placing a first sheet of uncured composite material on a mold plate to define the door and fuselage skin, disposing an insert over the first sheet overlapping a desired periphery of the door, placing a second sheet of uncured composite material on a peripheral portion of the insert and over the first sheet adjacent the peripheral portion of the insert to form the member, curing the sheets and bonding the sheets together adjacent the insert during the cure, removing the insert from between the sheets after cure, and separating the door skin from the wall skin after cure by moving a cutting tool through the first sheet and without penetrating the second sheet around the desired periphery of the door. An assembly for manufacturing the door skin and a fuselage wall is also discussed.
» Number: US2018086010A1 (A1)
» Publication Date: 29/03/2018
» Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC?[US]
» Inventor: TESSIER SYLVAIN?[CA]; GINGRAS RICHARD?[CA] (2)
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
