Stamp-forming a composite assembly includes applying a low-melt film on an interface surface of at least one spar, loading the spar onto at least one tooling segment such that the interface surface is exposed, and heating the tooling segment to a first temperature that is above a crystallization temperature of the low-melt film and below a melt temperature of a resin of the spar. A second low-melt film may be applied on a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic skin blank, and the skin blank is heated to a second temperature above a melt temperature of a resin of the skin blank. The skin blank is then draped around the tooling segment such that at least some of any second low-melt film contacts the low-melt film on the interface surface of the spar. The stamp press is then closed to co-consolidate the skin blank and the spar, thereby stamp-forming the composite assembly.


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    Title :

    METHODS OF STAMP-FORMING FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS


    Additional title:

    VERFAHREN ZUM STEMPELFORMEN VON FASERVERSTÄRKTEN THERMOPLASTISCHEN VERBUNDANORDNUNGEN UND ZUGEHÖRIGE SYSTEME
    PROCÉDÉS DE FORMATION PAR ESTAMPAGE D'ENSEMBLES COMPOSITES THERMOPLASTIQUES RENFORCÉS PAR DES FIBRES ET SYSTÈMES ASSOCIÉS


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    Publication date :

    2025-02-05


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    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 / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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