CPC B29C 73/02 (2013.01) [B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29C 73/26 (2013.01); B29C 2073/264 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of installing a structural reinforcement on a sandwich structure, the method comprising:
removing a portion of a first sheet and a core of the sandwich structure to form a cavity in the first sheet and the core of the sandwich structure;
filling the cavity in the sandwich structure with an uncured potting compound such that at least a portion of the uncured potting compound extends onto an outer surface of the first sheet;
applying the uncured potting compound on a surface of a patch;
covering the cavity in the core and the outer surface of the first sheet with the patch, wherein:
the uncured potting compound extends between an inner surface of a second sheet of the sandwich structure and the patch to repair an abnormality in the core of the sandwich structure; and
the uncured potting compound extends between the outer surface of the first sheet of the sandwich structure and the patch to adhere the patch to the first sheet; and
curing the uncured potting compound.
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