Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE
A method and apparatus for forming a composite structure. An inner tooling, a stackup, and an outer tooling are held in place together using a load constraint. A bladder and a plurality of stringer bladders in the stackup are pressurized to cause expansion of the bladder and the plurality of stringer bladders, thereby pushing together an overbraided thermoplastic skin and a plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members in the stackup. The overbraided thermoplastic skin and the plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members are co-consolidated while the bladder and the plurality of stringer bladders are pressurized to form the composite structure.
» Number: US2021188461A1 (A1)
» Publication Date: 24/06/2021
» Applicant: BOEING CO?[US]
» Inventor: MARCOE JEFFERY LEE?[US]; MATSEN MARC R?[US]
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
