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SPATIAL REFERENCE FILM IN CORE-STIFFENED COMPOSITE

  • US 20170305131A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2016
  • Published: 10/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A core-stiffened composite product having an interior core and layers of composite laminates sandwiched together about the core;

  • the core-stiffened composite product comprising;

    at least one layer of adhesive film containing a visual target;

    wherein the visual target is spatially scanned by an automated tracking system to produce a dimensionally corrected reference volume to collate successive layers of film as applied to the interior core, the visual target positioned to assure an as-designed alignment of each applied layer of laminate onto the core to minimize cumulative tolerance build-ups during a laminate layering process; and

    wherein the at least one layer of adhesive film remains within the completed composite product.

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