Patent ID: 11964442
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A manufacturing method of fabricating a composite part, the manufacturing method comprising steps of:
conveying a ply carrier to a lamination system using a carrier transfer device;
selectively applying at least one ply of composite material to a ply support surface of the ply carrier using the lamination system;
conveying the ply carrier from the lamination system to a transfer system using the carrier transfer device;
removing the ply carrier from the carrier transfer device and applying the at least one ply of composite material to at least a portion of a forming surface of a forming tool using the transfer system; and
forming the at least one ply of composite material over the at least a portion of the forming surface of the forming tool using a forming system, the forming system comprising:
the forming apparatus of claim 1.