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Shaping tool, shaping apparatus and method of forming a semi-finished product containing reinforcing fibers

US10703054B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaping tool for forming a semi-finished product which contains reinforcing fibers and is fed to the shaping tool in a continuous process comprises a first shaping-tool element and a second shaping-tool element which is located opposite the first shaping-tool element. The shaping-tool elements have shaping faces which face towards the semi-finished product, at least in certain operating phases of the shaping tool, and which are curved and/or inclined, at least in certain sections, in a direction of conveyance of the semi-finished product through the shaping tool, and/or curved and/or inclined, at least in certain sections, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the semi-finished product.

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