Patent ID: 11919210
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of injecting potting material (104) into at least a portion of a workpiece (107), the method comprising:
positioning a potting press (140), containing the potting material (104), over a target area (109) of the workpiece (107), wherein the target area (109) contains openings (111), passing entirely through the workpiece (107), and wherein the potting material (104) is contained in a tube (106);
injecting the potting material (104) simultaneously into each one of the openings (111) within the target area (109);
the potting press (140) includes a pressure head (142) having a neck (150) and the potting press (40) includes a sleeve (144) removably coupled to the pressure head (142), wherein an end (103) of the tube (106) includes an inner edge configured to receive the neck (150);
connecting and disconnecting the tube (106) in the potting press (140) via frictional engagement between the neck (150) and the inner edge of the tube (106) to define a retention force;
wherein the pressure head (142) defines a pressurized-gas passage (152) including an inlet port (154) and an outlet port (156), and the pressurized-gas passage (152) extends through the pressure head (142) of the potting press (140) such that the end (103) of the tube (106) surrounds the outlet port (156); and
selectively communicating pressurized gas from a control unit (118) to the pressurized-gas passage (152) and out of the outlet port (156) of the pressurized-gas passage (152) into the tube (106) such that the pressurized gas applies a force directly to the potting material (104) to expel the potting material (104) out of the tube (106) which injects the potting material (104) into the openings (111) of the target area (109) of the workpiece (107).