APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF DRUM SHELL USING REDUCED-PLY SCARFING

Disclosed herein are drum shells and methods of forming drum shells with plies that are individually scarfed, or with combinations of plies that are scarfed separately from one or more other plies. In some embodiments, the radial location of the joints of the plies can be varied around the drum shel...

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Main Author GOOD, JOHN J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.01.2019
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Summary:Disclosed herein are drum shells and methods of forming drum shells with plies that are individually scarfed, or with combinations of plies that are scarfed separately from one or more other plies. In some embodiments, the radial location of the joints of the plies can be varied around the drum shell, resulting in the removal of an inherent weak point in traditionally formed drum shells where all plies have a joint at approximately the same radial position.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816023142