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Apparatus and method for continuously manufacturing components from fiber-reinforced composites, and mold set

US10377064B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Sascha Backhaus · Hamburg, DE
Robert Gaitzsch · Leipzig, DE
Christian Fuerste · Halberstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/001
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for continuously manufacturing components from fiber-reinforced composites comprises a conveying device, configured to convey a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers through the apparatus, a forming device, configured to bring the semifinished product into a desired shape, and a press with a first pressing element and a second pressing element arranged opposite the first pressing element. The forming device further comprises a plurality of differently shaped molds that are pressurizable by the press, a mold application station arranged upstream of the press relative to the conveying direction of the semifinished product through the apparatus for applying a mold to a section of the semifinished product, and a mold release station arranged downstream of the press relative to the conveying direction of the semifinished product through the apparatus for releasing the mold from the section of the semifinished product.

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