Patent ID: 9645095
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B29C,G01N,G05B,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for inspecting a composite part during manufacture, the method comprising: detecting an in-process anomaly with respect to a ply of the composite part during placement of the ply; determining part location coordinates of the in-process anomaly with respect to the ply of the composite part, wherein determining the part location coordinates comprises obtaining machine axis coordinates of the in-process anomaly which define coordinates of an automated tow placement system or an automated tape placement system at a time at which that portion of the ply that includes the in-process anomaly that has been detected was placed, wherein the machine axis coordinates are obtained from a machine controller or a process parameter monitoring system, and wherein determining the part location coordinates further comprise converting the machine axis coordinates to the part location coordinates; mapping the in-process anomaly to a digital part model based upon the part location coordinates; and displaying a representation of the digital part model including an indication of the in-process anomaly relative thereto.