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7632372 Replaceable creel in a fiber placement machine  
An apparatus and method are provided for replacing a creel in a fiber placement machine, by sequentially moving replaceable creels into place on the fiber placement machine, via tracks and/or guide...
7628882 Add roller for a fiber placement machine  
An apparatus and invention are provided for accelerating an added tow to match the lay-down speed of other tows exiting a compaction roller of a fiber placement head, by driving the added tow with...
7597772 Tubular components for aeronautical fuselages and processes and jigs for its manufacturing  
The present invention relates to a tubular-shaped component ( 19 ) for an aeronautical fuselage made of composite materials comprising an outer skin ( 1 ) without joints having a cylindrical or...
7537666 Method for arming composit-fabrication of open-air located objects  
The invention describes the production and utilization of a multi-layer composite material, a polyester resin and/or vinyl-ester resin based adhesive with special composition, applied on the...
7497919 Method for making a multilayer composite pressure vessel  
A method for manufacturing a pressure vessel includes the steps of obtaining a metal liner and applying a first layer of adhesive to an outer surface of the metal liner. The metal liner is then...
7481927 Manufacture of casings for use in the desalination of water and the filtration of liquids  
A cylindrical casing ( 12 ) is disclosed which is of glass reinforced plastic and has an end cap at each end thereof. In the drawing the illustrated end cap is designated 42.2. Each end cap has...
7481899 Apparatus and method for making large diameter wound-fiber reinforced tanks  
A process of constructing a large diameter tank is provided. The process includes the step of providing a tank wall mandrel that has at least one drive wheel and at least one curved panel. Glass...
7479201 Method for fabricating rib-stiffened composite structures  
A method for fabricating a grid-stiffened structure from fiber-reinforced composite materials. Ribs are formed on a smooth hard base tool. Expansion blocks are placed in the shallow cavities formed...
7468113 Method for producing non-woven fabric  
An apparatus for applying weft yarns in a cross direction to warp yarns assembled on a beam in parallel aligned relationship and having an adhesive scrim thereon includes a supply roll of the warp...
7459048 One-piece inner shell for full barrel composite fuselage  
A method of manufacturing a unitary seamless section of an aircraft fuselage comprises disposing a thin lay-up mandrel element onto the outer shell surface of a cylindrical inner mandrel shell,...
7422647 Unidirectional, multi-head fiber placement  
An aircraft part manufacturing device for automated composite lay up includes a mandrel tool having a an interior mandrel surface that conforms to an outside mold line (OML) of a part: to be...
7413623 Apparatus for resin-impregnation of fibers for filament winding  
A two roll impregnator for impregnating fiber reinforcement for use in filament winding operatives contains two abutting rolls, at least one and preferably both having an elastomeric surface. Resin...
7402216 Method and device for the production of tubular structures that are reinforced with a strengthening support  
A method for the production of reinforced tube-shaped structures ( 1 ) of rubber layers and reinforcement layers ( 2, 3 ) has the steps of: a) applying a first rubber layer ( 2 a ) with a first...
7384492 Method of forming hybrid and composite tubular filters  
The present invention provides a method of forming hybrid and composite filters, which are more durable than that of the prior art. The method of forming a hybrid tubular filter includes wrapping a...
7338703 Metallic-polymeric composite materials  
Composites are provided having improved strength and rigidity, with respect to mass or volume, as compared to known polymeric composites or polymeric composites in combination with metal...
7291240 Method of forming a conduit using a wound sacrificial layer  
A thin ribbon spirally wound polymer conduit and method of forming, wherein a helical reinforcing bead is interposed adjacent overlapping layers of ribbon. Further, a method of continuously forming...
7267152 Device for the guiding of individual reinforcement threads  
An arrangement ( 1 ) for guiding individual reinforcement filaments ( 2 ) onto a carrier ( 3 ) has a positioning disc ( 4 ) with a plurality of filament guides ( 9 ) arranged distributed on a...
7247213 Method for manufacturing a connection for composite tubing  
A method for manufacturing a connection for composite tubing is disclosed. The method includes maintaining tension on the composite fibers while “winding in” the connector to the composite...
7160409 Structure for wound fiber reinforced plastic tubing and method for making  
A fiber reinforced plastic article is disclosed which include a liner, at least one single material fiber layer wound on the liner, and at least one composite fiber layer wound on the single...
7132027 Complex composite structures and method and apparatus for fabricating same from continuous fibers  
A method and apparatus for fabricating a complex, three-dimensional structure ( 12 ), such as a truss, from composite fiber/resin includes pulling a plurality of continuous fibers ( 50 ) from a...
7115180 Process and system for fabricating a reinforcing preform  
Process and system for fabricating a multidirectional fibrous reinforcement designed to be a porous preform for producing a part made of a composite material. Reinforcing thread is deposited in...
7101453 Pre-filled contained media volumes and methods of media filling using pre-filled contained media volumes  
The present invention relates to pre-filled contained media volumes and methods of media filling using pre-filled contained media volumes. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus...
7101452 Methods of debonding a composite tooling  
The present invention relates to methods of debonding a tooling for a fuselage. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of debonding a tooling for a fuselage using a debonding...
7090737 Component consisting of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material and a method for producing same  
The present invention is directed to components of fiber-reinforced plastics which can also be used as load-bearing components in mechanical and automotive engineering. A construction for such...
7090736 Pressure vessel prestressing technique  
A method of making a filament wound pressure vessel. A thermoplastic liner is filament wound with a commingled roving containing thermoplastic and reinforcing filaments. The wound tank is partially...
7087128 Method for manufacturing bicycle components  
A method for manufacturing a hub in particular for bicycles and the like, wherein a winding device comprising at least a first shaping device is provided, a predetermined quantity of fibers is...
7083698 Automated composite lay-up to an internal fuselage mandrel  
An aircraft part manufacturing device for automated composite lay up includes a mandrel tool having a an interior mandrel surface that conforms to an outside mold line (OML) of a part: to be...
7063763 Tubular members integrated to form a structure  
Integrally stiffened and formed, load carrying structures comprising a plurality of elongated thin-walled tubes placed co-extensively in a complementary side-by-side fashion which together form a...
7008580 Method of producing textile preforms for fiber reinforced composite products from textile semi-finished articles  
A method of producing a textile preform to be used for making a fiber reinforced plastic composite product involves the following steps. A two- or three-dimensional semi-finished textile material...
6968883 Multi-application head for fibre strips  
Multi-application head for fiber strips, consisting of a spool carrier ( 1 ), on which a plurality of spools are attached ( 2 ) as suppliers of the application strips ( 3 ), which are fed...
6951611 Filters and method for producing filters  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing hollow fiber membrane-containing filters. The methods include laying a plurality of hollow fibers in a first portion of a filter housing to form a...
6890470 Method for producing a fiber composite structural component  
A fiber composite structural component such as a fitting, bracket, mounting or the like is produced by applying fiber material such as fiber threads or fiber yarns in an automatic circular weaving...
6884309 Coated monofilament tape bobbins and methods for winding  
Bobbin wound coated monofilament tapes where the coating comprises between 20% and 120% by weight of said tape, and the process for bobbin winding coated monofilament dental tapes comprising...
6835263 Method of producing a tube-shaped torsion-proof and bending-resistant drive shaft  
An undercritical drive shaft and a method of producing the undercritical drive shaft from fiber composite material is disclosed. The drive shaft, which is produced of fiber composite material and...
6783621 Method of manufacturing a thermostructural composite material bowl, in particular for an installation that produces silicon single crystals  
A composite material bowl 36 comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix is made by winding a yarn on a preform 28 having an axial passage 30 through its bottom, densifying the...
6777043 Fuse tube and method of manufacture thereof  
An arc-quenching composition is provided including a filler, a fiber and a binder. Preferably, the filler includes an arc-quenching compound such as melamine. The binder includes a thermosetting...
6752190 Cure-on-the-fly system  
Fiber laminations with a resin therein are advanced to substantial cure in situ while resin-impregnated fiber (in the form of individual tows, a band thereof, or a tape) is being placed on a...
6692681 Method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures  
Composite structures having a single continuous skin may be formed using automated fiber placement methods. These composite structures include frameless aircraft fuselage components offering an...
6685786 Wire connecting method, a wire joint detecting method, a wire connecting apparatus and a wire joint detecting apparatus  
An apparatus and method are provided to improve a cutting reliability, to facilitate automation of the connection of wires and to allow for a reliable detection of wire joints. Ends of wires (a,...
6660117 Method for making articles having bristles  
Methods and apparatus for making elongated articles are disclosed. One method includes feeding at least one base string along an axis, wrapping at least one monofilament around the axis to produce...
6609674 High-speed manufacturing method for composite flywheels  
An in-situ curing filament winding process for making high quality flywheel rims at low cost, and the rims made by the process, and also an apparatus for performing the process, continuously cures...
6579815 Rapid fabric forming  
The invention concerns a method of forming a fabric of interlaced yarn by arranging on a surface a plurality of yarn guide blocks, each guide block adapted to guide yarn from a yarn source to the...
6554939 Container and method of forming the container  
An improved container is formed by attaching plates to outer side surface areas on opposite end portions of a liner with adhesive. The liner is supported for rotation about an axis which extends...
6533882 Chemical treatments for fibers and wire-coated composite strands for molding fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite articles  
In one general aspect, the invention involves applying a chemical treatment to fibers, such as reinforcing fibers suitable for making a composite article, so as to size and/or preimpregnate the...
6528113 Process for producing an adhesive-treated polyester fiber cord  
An adhesive-treated polyester fiber cord having a high adhesion to non-vulcanized rubber, a high resistance to separation of fibers or filaments from each other, and being useful as a reinforcing...
6482171 Multi-lumen catheter  
A multi-lumen catheter having a reinforcing member wrapped around at least one of the lumens in a helical manner. An inflation lumen is positioned outside the reinforcing member for inflating a...
6471807 Process for producing dry clutch facing  
A dry clutch facing includes a facing element which is comprised of a roving wound into a volute shape and impregnated with a rubber, a thermosetting resin and a friction improving agent. The dry...
6458231 Method of making microtubes with axially variable geometries  
In the present invention, a technique is described for manufacturing microtube devices which have peripheral geometries that are not uniform along the tube or device axis. These geometries may...
6444071 Method of fabricating a removable mandrel for filament winding containers  
A method of fabricating a removable mandrel for use in filament winding a container, includes the steps of providing and inflating an internal bladder. A dry 3-D fabric layer of a given thickness...
6406577 Method of making abrasive belt with an endless, seamless backing  
A coated abrasive backing consisting of an endless, seamless, loop is provided. The backing loop includes about 40-99% by weight of an organic polymeric binder, based upon the weight of the...