TECHNIQUES FOR FORMING COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURES

• Main Authors: Fuesting, Timothy Paul, Shuck, Quinlan Yee, Nelson, Scott, Xu, Raymond Ruiwen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.06.2022
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; MACHINE TOOLS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

In some examples, a technique including positioning supports such that the supports are between a first metallic substrate and a second metallic substrate, wherein an undulating member is located between the first metallic substrate and the second metallic substrate, the undulating member defining a plurality of first peaks adjacent to a first surface of the first metallic substrate and a plurality of second peaks adjacent to a second surface of the second metallic substrate, wherein a first support of the supports is positioned such that the first support extends between a first peak of the plurality of first peaks and the second surface of the second metallic substrate; welding the first peak to the first surface of the first metallic substrate in an area of the first support; and removing the first support by at least one of a thermal removal process or a chemical removal process.