Panel-Fabrication Concept
Boat-Construction Concept
This is a high-speed manufacturing technique for making thin parts (boat hulls, airplane fuselages, car body panels, etc.) by spraying liquid epoxy resin and hardener together to intersect in the cross section of the part. The construction technique requires a virtually weightless environment.
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Conventional panel construction requires time to make the stamping dies, or molds to construct carbon-fiber shapes, or stamp sheet metal parts. needed for car bodies, or airplane fuselages.
Described is a weightless environment and panel-forming technique where the shape is formed at the intersection of sprayed liquid epoxy hardener and resin. To accelerate the hardening process, the part falls between ultraviolet lights.
It is important that the resin and hardener be sprayed in a smooth laminar flow (glassy sheets) from the flexible nozzles. Laminar flow is achieved by buffering any pulsing in the pumping equipment. An electrical analogy would be rectifying alternating current (AC) to create DC.
The distance traveled by the boat shed falling at the speed of gravity:
∆y = (1/2) g (t²) = (1/2) 32.2 (t²)
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Where:
y = distance traveled
g = gravity of 32.2 ft./sec.²
t = time, in seconds
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In the case of the elevator, the formed hull and the elevator fall together. Just before the elevator stops at the bottom of travel, doors on the bottom open allowing the hull to fall with a soft landing in water. The water dissipates the heat of the epoxy, and the new hulls float to the surface where they are collected for finishing.
This process uses materials that must be replenished at the bottom of its travel where the battery is recharged.
To discuss licensing, please contact Steve Hines at:
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ph. 818-507-5812