Method and device for consolidating a textile preform and overmoulding

A device to thermoform a composite component and injection over-moulding a shape on one face of the composite component in a mould, the device comprising a paired shaping die and punch defining a moulding cavity therebetween, the shaping die being mounted on a transfer device comprising:

• a loading/unloading station to load/unload a blank onto/from the shaping die;
• an injection and mould-closure station configured to close the mould and to inject between the punch and the shaping die;
• wherein the shaping die comprises a moulding surface, a network of inductors to heat the moulding surface and a cooling network to cool the moulding surface by a circulation of a fluid;
• wherein the loading/unloading station comprises radiating element facing the moulding surface of the shaping die, the radiating element comprising a screen and a coil, the screen being induction heated by circulating a high frequency current in the coil;
• a single high-frequency generator is configured to supply a high frequency current to a first induction circuit comprising the network of inductors of the shaping die and to a second induction circuit that heats the radiating element;
• and
• a switch to alternatively power the first induction circuit and the second induction circuit.