Method and device for producing a three-dimensional fiber composite component
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSebastian Michl, Oleg Konrad, Thomas Hogger, Michael Kolbinger
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Abstract
A method for producing a three-dimensional fiber composite component with fiber bundles which are shaped from a rod- or strand-like initial shape into a predetermined three-dimensional shape of the component by way of a shape defining apparatus. The shape defining apparatus has at least one shaping channel having a first curvature along its longitudinal direction, which is predetermined for the fiber composite component, and forms at least one leading edge. The fiber bundles are pressed against the at least one leading edge of the shaping channel, thereby adopting the predetermined first curvature.
Claims7
A method for producing a three-dimensional fiber composite component, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing a shape defining apparatus having at least one stationary reshaping channel with a first curvature predetermined for the fiber composite component along a longitudinal direction and a predetermined second curvature, the first curvature configured as at least one leading edge at a first side of the at least one stationary reshaping channel, and the second curvature configured as a shaping edge at a second side of the at least one stationary reshaping channel;
- pressing fiber bundles having a rod-shaped or strand-shaped initial form laterally relative to the longitudinal direction against a longitudinal length of the at least one leading edge of the at least one stationary reshaping channel such that the fiber bundles adopt the predetermined first curvature;
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- pressing the fiber bundles transversely relative to the longitudinal direction against a longitudinal length of the shaping edge such that the fiber bundles adopt the predetermined second curvature for the fiber composite component.
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