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Apparatus and method for producing a fiber composite component

US10434727B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

Franz Engel · Birkenfeld, DE
Christian Weimer · Munich, DE
Tilman Orth · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29C70/86
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for producing a fiber composite component. The apparatus includes a shaping tool and a plurality of laying units which are mechanically independent of one another and are each configured to lay a fiber material on the shaping tool, wherein the laying units each include a control device which is configured to actuate each laying unit to automatically interact with at least one other laying unit to lay a predetermined fiber arrangement together.

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