Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods

Matsen, Marc R.; Negley, Mark A.; Geren, William Preston; Miller, Robert J.

Title: Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods

Patent · Tue Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2021

OSTI ID:1840303

Matsen, Marc R.; Negley, Mark A.; Geren, William Preston; Miller, Robert J.

Thermoplastic welding apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example method includes providing a smart susceptor between composite parts that are to be joined via thermoplastic welding. The example method includes positioning the composite parts and the smart susceptor on a tooling surface within a cavity of a tooling apparatus and applying a seal to the composite parts and the tooling surface to form a vacuum chamber between the composite parts and the tooling surface at a welding joint of the composite parts; producing a magnetic field at the welding joint. The example method includes providing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber during a welding operation.

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Research Organization:: The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG36-08GO18135

Assignee:: The Boeing Company (Chicago, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 11,077,625

Application Number:: 15/411,589

OSTI ID:: 1840303

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 01/20/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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