Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor – With means applying wave energy or electrical energy...
Patent
1985-12-26
1987-12-29
Czaja, Donald E.
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor
With means applying wave energy or electrical energy...
156382, 156499, 1565833, 425389, 425DIG19, 100 93P, 100211, 219243, 269 22, B32B 3126
Patent
active
047159235
ABSTRACT:
Fiber-reinforced resin deposits or other materials are consolidated in a noncontact-frictionless manner through the use of a pressurized plenum chamber (20) of a fluid bearing (10). The fluid bearing (10) is flexible and floats relative to the material (16) to be consolidated so that ply drop-offs and other variations in the thickness or surface contour of the material are easily accommodated. While within the plenum chamber, the material is locally heated by radiant energy from a source (30) positioned within the chamber. This localized heating enables the material to solidify in cooler zones of the plenum chamber under a uniform pressure.
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Cashion Jr. Merrell C.
Czaja Donald E.
The Boeing Company
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