Systems and methods are provided for facilitating pick and placement of preforms. One aspect is a method for picking and placing a preform. The method includes placing an inner surface of a first caul plate into contact with a first side of a stringer preform, such that an outer surface of the first caul plate forms a first plane that is uniform along a length of the stringer preform, placing an inner surface of a second caul plate into contact with a second side of the stringer preform, such that an outer surface of the second caul plate forms a second plane that is parallel to the first plane along a length of the stringer preform, grasping the caul plates at the first plane and the second plane along the length of the stringer preform, and lifting the stringer preform together with the caul plates while maintaining the grasp.
CAUL PLATES FOR PREFORMS THAT UNDERGO PICK AND PLACEMENT
PRESSBLECHE FÜR VORFORMEN, DIE EINER BESTÜCKUNG UNTERZOGEN WERDEN
PLAQUES DE CONFORMATION POUR LES PRÉFORMES QUI SUBISSENT UN PRÉLÈVEMENT ET UNE MISE EN PLACE
2021-08-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B29D PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE , Herstellen besonderer Gegenstände aus Kunststoff oder aus Stoffen in plastischem Zustand / B29L INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES , Index-Schema für besondere Gegenstände in Verbindung mit Unterklasse B29C / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Overlapping caul plates and method for composite manufacturing
European Patent Office | 2021
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