WO2012064442A3 - Method for removing a smp apparatus from a cured composite part - Google Patents

Method for removing a smp apparatus from a cured composite part Download PDF

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WO2012064442A3
WO2012064442A3 PCT/US2011/055439 US2011055439W WO2012064442A3 WO 2012064442 A3 WO2012064442 A3 WO 2012064442A3 US 2011055439 W US2011055439 W US 2011055439W WO 2012064442 A3 WO2012064442 A3 WO 2012064442A3
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composite part
cured composite
smp apparatus
inner mandrel
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David E. Havens
Matthew C. Everhart
Kristin Marie Cable
Eric W. Traxler
Carl Ray Fiegenbaum
Jeffrey W. Priest
Kodi Elizabeth Ann Caster
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Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
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Abstract

A method and apparatus for removing a SMP apparatus from within a cured composite part. The method may comprise the steps of triggering the SMP apparatus from a rigid state to a malleable state, inducing a pressure differential that drives the SMP apparatus, in the malleable state, away from the cured composite part and toward an inner mandrel tool, and removing the inner mandrel tool with the SMP apparatus resting thereon out of the cured composite part. The inner mandrel tool may comprise an outer surface having varying contours such that a surface area of the outer surface is great enough to prevent the SMP apparatus from folding over onto itself or creasing when driven toward the inner mandrel tool. A maximum straight line distance between points on the outer surface may be small enough to allow the inner mandrel tool clearance for removal from the cured composite part.
PCT/US2011/055439 2010-11-11 2011-10-07 Method for removing a smp apparatus from a cured composite part WO2012064442A2 (en)

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US61/486,539 2011-05-16
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