Lockheed Martin Corporation
Instrumentation composite integration system

Abstract:

According to an aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a cutter, a spooling mechanism and a computing system. The computing system is configured to drive the cutter to form a channel in the ply based on the stored instrumentation layout. The computing system is additionally configured to drive the spooling mechanism to insert the instrumentation into the formed channel based on the stored instrumentation layout.