Patent ID: 11911978
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a composite barrel structure, the method comprising:
fabricating a first plurality of composite panels that are assemblable into a first partial composite barrel section, the fabricating the first plurality of composite panels comprising:
assembling a first layup of composite material;
concurrently with the assembling the first layup of composite material, assembling at least one additional layup of composite material; and
heating the first layup of composite material together with the at least one additional layup of composite material,
wherein the assembling the first layup, the assembling the at least one additional layup, and the heating are performed at a first workstation;

concurrently with the fabricating the first plurality of composite panels, fabricating a second plurality of composite panels that are assemblable into a second partial composite barrel section at a second workstation; and
assembling the first partial composite barrel section and the second partial composite barrel section at a full joining station to yield the composite barrel structure.