The Boeing Company
Blade cleaning for automated fiber placement machines

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for cleaning composite fabrication machinery. One embodiment is a method for cleaning of a composite application machine, comprising: displacing an anvil of a head of an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine from an operation location relative to a cutter, cleaning at least one of the cutter and the anvil, and relocating the anvil to the operation location relative to the cutter.