CO-CURABLE FILM LAYER APPLICATION

• Main Authors: BREI, Mark R, RILEY, Terrell D, GORDON, Kevin D, NIX, Meredith P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.03.2021
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present disclosure is directed to a method for applying a multi-colored coating to a composite structure (15) comprising applying a first co-curable film layer (11) comprising a first color marking to a composite tool (12), applying a second co-curable film layer (13) comprising a second color marking over the composite tool and at least partially over the first co-curable film layer to create a lay-up of a multi-colored marking, applying a composite structure (15) over the lay-up of the multi-colored marking, and curing the lay-up of the multi-colored marking and the composite structure in a single curing step to create a cured multi-colored coating on the composite structure. A multi-colored coating for marking a composite structure and an aircraft part having a multi-colored marking are also provided.