Panel-Fabrication Tehnique
Panel-Fabrication Technique
This is a high-speed manufacturing technique for making thin compound-shaped parts, an alternative to 3-D printing (making replacements for damaged International Space Station panels, etc.) by spraying liquid epoxy resin and hardener together to intersect in the cross section of the part. The construction technique requires a weightless environment, and quick-curing epoxy.
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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 curing lights.
It is important that the resin and hardener be sprayed in a smooth laminar flow (glassy sheets without bubbles or droplets) from the flexible nozzles. Laminar flow is achieved by buffering any pulsing in the pumping equipment. Analogous to 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.
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