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US 2012/0222802 A1Published application
Draping device for textile semi-finished products
AssigneePremium Aerotec GmbH
InventorDirk Niefnecker
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Abstract
A draping device for draping a two-dimensional textile semi-finished product includes a first rotationally symmetrical body having a first axis of rotation and a peripheral surface which varies along the axis of rotation. A first drive is configured to rotate the first body about the first axis of rotation so as to deform, via the first body, the semi-finished product.
Claims11
A draping device for draping a two-dimensional textile semi-finished product, the draping device comprising:
- a first rotationally symmetrical body having a first axis of rotation and a peripheral surface which varies along the axis of rotation;
- a first drive configured to rotate the first body about the first axis of rotation so as to deform, via the first body, the semi-finished product.
An end effector comprising:
- a draping device for draping a two-dimensional textile semi-finished product, the draping device including:
- a first rotationally symmetrical body having a first axis of rotation and a peripheral surface which varies along the axis of rotation;
- a first drive configured to rotate the first body about the first axis of rotation so as to deform, via the first body, the semi-finished product.
A method of using a draping device comprising:
- transporting the semi-finished product from a first cylinder having a second axis of rotation to a first rotationally symmetrical body having a first axis of rotation parallel to the second axis of rotation and a peripheral surface which varies along the axis of rotation;
- deforming, via the first body and the first cylinder, the semi-finished product;
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- applying the semi-finished product to a curved surface so as to produce at least one of a former, a pressure bulkhead, a hold door, a fuselage shell, a skin shell, a door structure and a wing structure of an aircraft.
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