Apparatus comprising a removable tool for infiltration in the gas phase

An installation for consolidation or densification by chemical infiltration in a gas phase comprising:

• at least one removable tool for consolidation or densification in the gas phase of at least one fibrous preform, the removable tool being configured to be arranged in an oven, the removable tool comprising a homogenization chamber comprising at least one gas inlet orifice and a depletion chamber comprising at least one gas outlet orifice, the removable tool further comprising a reaction chamber arranged between the homogenization chamber and the depletion chamber and configured to receive at least one fibrous preform, the reaction chamber being separated from the homogenization chamber and the depletion chamber by perforated plates,
• at least one CVI oven comprising at least one gas injector and a gas evacuation system, the CVI oven being able to receive the removable tool so that at least one gas inlet orifice of the removable tool is connected to at least one gas injector of the CVI oven, the CVI oven being configured to heat or thermally insulate said removable tool,
• at least one preheating oven capable of receiving a removable tool and configured to preheat or thermally insulate said removable tool, the preheating oven being devoid of a gas injector, gas pumping or evacuation system, and
• at least one cooling cell capable of receiving a removable tool and configured to cool said removable tool.