Patent ID: 7993124

Claim:
An apparatus for fabricating an aircraft component, the apparatus comprising: a composite material laminator to apply a composite material on a substrate of previously applied composite material, the composite material comprising a reinforcement and a resin; a plurality of graphite elements each tending to generate a wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that is preferentially absorbed by the reinforcement, the graphite elements being tunable by receiving controlled power to cause the graphite elements to selectively emit a range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are preferentially absorbed by the resin to a relatively greater extent than the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are absorbed by the reinforcement; and a controller controlling the power to the graphite elements in a manner to cause the graphite elements to emit the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are preferentially absorbed by the resin to the relatively greater extent than the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are absorbed by the reinforcement.