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Device and method for draping and pre-shaping curved profiled structural components of fiber materials

US7972457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Jan Schoppmeier · Wennigsen (Deister), DE
Rolf Sundermann · Buxtehude, DE
Holger Purol · Zeven, DE
Axel Herrmann · Lehrte, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2009
Grant date	Jul 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/12
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for draping and pre-shaping curved profiled structural components of fiber materials includes at least one shaping tool having a curved shaping face which has a profiled cross-section and which defines the outer contour of the profiled structural component. The device also includes a plurality of unwinding devices each for discharging a web-like fiber material, a device for performing a relative movement between the shaping tool and the plurality of unwinding devices for tangentially winding the web-like fiber materials onto the curved shaping face under tension, and a fixing device for finally fixing the shape of all of the web-like fiber materials wound on the curved shaping face. A method of draping and pre-shaping curved profiled structural components of fiber materials is also disclosed.

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