Fibre appliance tool, fibre placement device, fibre placement method, and production method
US9757879B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C70/38
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fiber application tool for a fiber application process designed, in particular, as an AFP, has a fiber contact surface area, which has a fiber contact surface for applying and/or pressing the fibers onto a work surface. The tool further includes an activation device for activating an adhesive, matrix, resin, or binder material provided at the fibers by means of an activation radiation so that the fibers are tacked onto the work surface. The fiber contact surface area for the activation radiation may be transparent and that the activation device may be designed so to guide and/or deliver the activation radiation through the transparent fiber contact surface area to the fibers to be pressed by the fiber contact surface.
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