An airfoil component assembly for an aircraft includes an additively manufactured flyaway tool including an infill support core and an interface sheet surrounding the infill support core, a spar formed from one or more layers of composite material disposed on the interface sheet of the flyaway tool and a skin formed from one or more layers of composite material disposed on the spar and the interface sheet of the flyaway tool. The flyaway tool, the spar and the skin form the airfoil component assembly for use by the aircraft in flight.
Additively manufactured flyaway tools for aircraft
2022-08-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B33Y ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING , Additive (generative) Fertigung, d. h. die Herstellung von dreidimensionalen [3D] Bauteilen durch additive Abscheidung, additive Agglomeration oder additive Schichtung, z. B. durch 3D- Drucken, Stereolithografie oder selektives Lasersintern / 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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