Patent ID: 11911977
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A machine that comprises:
a composite placement machine programmed with a tool path defining a laydown surface of a single build composite structure comprising a plurality of composite plies;
measuring equipment configured to produce a measurement of an intermediate surface of the composite structure defined by at least one of the composite plies, wherein an accuracy of the measurement of the intermediate surface is within a tolerance for the composite structure; and
a tool path generator configured to modify the tool path, the modified tool path corresponding to a modified laydown surface for the composite placement machine, wherein formation of the modified tool path depends upon whether a difference between the measurement of the intermediate surface and an expected measurement of the intermediate surface exceeds a threshold, and wherein the modified laydown surface matches the measurement of the intermediate surface;
wherein the composite placement machine is configured to continue laying down, based upon the modified tool path, the composite plies on the intermediate surface.