Method for producing a fiber-reinforced component and device for carrying out the method

A method for producing a fiber-reinforced component comprising:

• providing a fiber material impregnated with resin and having a plurality of rovings adjacent one another extending in at least one direction;
• and
• stretching a section of the fiber material to align the rovings in their longitudinal direction by means of a frictional force is exerted on ends of the rovings that extend in one direction adjacent one another and that project from the resin-impregnated fiber material, wherein the rovings consist of weft and warp filaments, the ends of the rovings being exposed by removing one or more weft or warp filaments running transverse to said ends of the rovings to provide protruding free ends which delimit the fiber material,
• wherein during stretching substantially no vertical compressive force is exerted on the section of the fiber material being stretched,
• wherein the frictional force is generated by a stretching surface of a roller element which is rotated in the longitudinal direction of the rovings to be stretched and the rovings rest freely on the stretching surface of the roller element, and
• wherein at least before and/or during stretching, the fiber material is heated to at least soften the resin.