INTEGRATED CONDUCTIVE FOAM CORE FOR COMPOSITE PROCESSING

• Main Author: AARON TODD SELLINGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.08.2017
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; 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

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of forming a composite component that does not require the use of an oven or autoclave for curing of the composite component.SOLUTION: The present disclosure is directed to a method (100) for forming a cured composite component. The method includes laying (102) one or more layers of uncured composite material on a conductive core. An electric current is supplied to the conductive core to resistively heat (108) the one or more layers of uncured composite material to a temperature sufficient to cure the one or more layers of uncured composite material into the cured composite component.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】複合材部品の硬化にオーブンまたはオートクレーブを使用する必要がない、複合材部品を形成する方法を提供すること。【解決手段】本開示は、硬化複合材部品を形成する方法（１００）を対象とする。方法は、未硬化複合材料の１つまたは複数の層を導電性コア上に置くステップ（１０２）を含む。電流が導電性コアに供給されて、未硬化複合材料の１つまたは複数の層を硬化させて硬化複合材部品にするのに充分な温度まで、未硬化複合材料の１つまたは複数の層を抵抗加熱する（１０８）。【選択図】図１