Issued patent
AERoBOND+ for Manufacturing Composite Structures
An issued NASA patent from the Technology Transfer catalog.
About this technology
Overview
The original AERoBOND technology was developed to enable co-cure joining and manufacturing of large composite structures without the use of fasteners. The AERoBOND technology provides novel prepreg and resin formulation designs to improve the joining and manufacturing of high-performance, large composite structures such as those used in aviation and aerospace applications. AERoBOND can also be used for many other prepreg-based composite structures, small and large, in many industrial applications. The joint quality can be exceptional, and the cost and efficiency of manufacturing is improved. The new AERoBOND+ innovation is a next-generation innovation that widens the scope of potential applications of AERoBOND to include those where the mating surfaces are less than ideally matched. This new innovation is accomplished with critically designed resin/adhesive/prepreg formulations and layer designs across the joint between each of the faying surfaces.