Patent ID: 8409389

Claim:
A method of curing a laminated resin part comprising: loading the part onto a support; sliding the support having the part thereon along a first axis from a part loading position to a part curing position; assembling a reinforcement layer of resin material and a fitting to a pre-selected portion of the part, the pre-selected portion of the part being less than an entirety of the part; applying a pressure to the pre-selected portion of the part by moving a pair of clamps along a second axis transverse to the first axis from a standby position to a clamping position in which the clamps engage opposite faces of the pre-selected portion of the part; heating the pre-selected portion of the part via the clamps to cure the pre-selected portion of the part to bond the reinforcement layer of resin material or the fitting to the part; cooling the pre-selected portion of the part after the pre-selected portion of the part has been cured via a cooling fan; and releasing the pressure applied to the pre-selected portion of the part after the pre-selected portion has cooled by moving the clamps from the clamping position to the standby position.