AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF ACOUSTIC STRUCTURES

A laser (62) cuts overlapping ribbons (58) of acoustic material (58) into acoustic devices (34). An automatically controlled manipulator (66) includes an end effector (60) having groups of placement tools (68) for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices (34) in a cellular core (32). The pla...

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Main Authors BAUMAN, John Scott, GERKEN, Noel Timothy, HERRERA, Eric
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 18.01.2023
Subjects
ACOUSTICS
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AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
BLASTING
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
HAND TOOLS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
LIGHTING
MANIPULATORS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:A laser (62) cuts overlapping ribbons (58) of acoustic material (58) into acoustic devices (34). An automatically controlled manipulator (66) includes an end effector (60) having groups of placement tools (68) for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices (34) in a cellular core (32). The placement tools (68) include mandrels (104) provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices (34) during transport to the core (32). A vision system aligns the placement tools (68) with the cells (42) of the core (32). The end effector (60) includes a thermal radiation (138) device for bonding the acoustic devices (34) to the core (32).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150170503