Patent ID: 11904510
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 1, wherein
the mold is configured to shape the TMCM to a desired shape for the consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material;
the CCMM includes a heat zone heating structure configured to heat the heat zone to the initial temperature during the heating;
the CCMM includes a consolidation zone heating structure configured to heat the consolidation zone to the subsequent temperature during the cooling and consolidating;
the CCMM includes a stress relaxation zone heating structure configured to maintain the stress relaxation zone at the stress relaxation temperature during the relaxing stress;
the CCMM includes a press structure configured to periodically compress the TMCM, within the mold and during the periodically compressing, to form the TMCM to the desired shape;
the CCMM includes a demold structure configured to demold the TMCM from the mold during the demolding; and
the CCMM includes a supply structure configured to periodically advance the TMCM through the mold.