Patent ID: 6579404
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B29C,B29D,B29L,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a precision geometry honeycomb material having honeycomb cells of a desired cell shape therein and being formed of a composite material, said method comprising:molding a composite material in the cavity of a single-sided female mold which is configured to form a first web with a plurality of honeycomb cell portions of the desired cell shape in said web, said molding including capturing the details of the cavity mold configuration to form said plurality of honeycomb cell portions in said composite material web by applying pressure to said composite material in said mold with an elastomeric pressure intensifier, and curing the composite material of said first web to achieve a stable web structure and then joining said molded first web to a second web having a plurality of honeycomb cell portions which cooperate with said honeycomb cell portions in said first web to form a honeycomb material having honeycomb cells therein of said desired cell shape.