Method for transporting, placing and compacting composite stiffeners

摘要

A device for compacting a contoured elongate composite layup includes flexible first and second fiber reinforced resin flexible sections flexible along their lengths. The first section is flexible within a first plane and the second section is flexible within the first plane as well as within a second plane.

主权项

1. A method of using a compactor to make a composite stiffener, comprising:
forming a composite stiffener layup; bringing the compactor into contact with the stiffener layup, wherein the compactor is defined by a longitudinal axis; adhering the stiffener layup to the compactor; using the compactor to transport and place the stiffener layup on a surface; flexing the compactor within two generally orthogonal planes intersecting along the longitudinal axis defining the compactor to conform the compactor to the geometry of the surface; and using the compactor to compact the stiffener layup against the surface.