# US 2013/0153154 A1 · Production system for producing fibre composite material components > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153154 A1 - Document ID: US20130153154A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/819,000 - Filed: 2011-08-25 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-30 - Assignees: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.; MAG IAS GmbH - Inventors: Christian Boge; Bernhard Pause; Matthias Meyer; Dirk Rostermundt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153154A1 ## CPC - B32B 38/18: Handling of layers or the laminate - B25J 5/02: travelling along a guideway - B25J 9/0084: {comprising a plurality of manipulators} - B29C 70/38: Automated lay-up, e.g. using robots, laying filaments according to predetermined patterns {(application heads for tyres B29D30/28)} - B29C 70/382: {Automated fiber placement [AFP]} - B29C 70/386: {Automated tape laying [ATL]} - B29L 2031/3076: {Aircrafts (blades, propellers B29L2031/08)} - Y10T 156/12: Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with cutting, punching, piercing, severing or tearing - Y10T 156/1702: For plural parts or plural areas of single part - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract To produce a fibre composite material component, a production system has a mould providing unit with at least one component mould. Fibre composite material can be applied to the at least one component mould by means of at least two production units. The at least two production units can be moved for this purpose on a guide path. The guide path runs round the mould providing unit so that the at least two production units can travel round the mould providing unit along the guide path. The productivity and flexibility of production can thereby be increased. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A production system for producing fibre composite material components with: a mould providing unit, which has at least one component mould for a fibre composite material component arranged on a mould support, at least two production units for applying a fibre composite material to the at least one component mould, which are movably arranged on a guide path, wherein: the guide path is configured to run round the mould providing unit and the at least two production units are driveable around the mould providing unit along the guide path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, wherein the guide path forms at least one rectangular peripheral path. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, wherein the guide path has a plurality of pivoting stations, by means of which the at least two production units are pivotable to change the direction of travel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, wherein the guide path has two production path portions, which are arranged relative to the mould providing unit in such a way that the fibre composite material is applicable on two sides to the at least one component mould. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A production system according to claim 4, wherein the two production path portions are linear. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, wherein the guide path forms a first peripheral path for producing the fibre composite material component and a maintenance path portion, which is separate from this, for maintaining the at least two production units. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A production system according to claim 6, wherein the maintenance path portion is a part of a second peripheral path. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) A production system according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of dead end-type station path portions are arranged on the maintenance path portion to form maintenance stations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A production system according to claim 8, wherein the maintenance path portion separates an interior space from an exterior space and the station path portions are arranged in at least one of the group of the interior space and the exterior space. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, comprising at least five production units, which are self-sufficiently formed and are movable independently of one another. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A production system according to claim 1, wherein each of the production units comprises: a slide, which is movable on the guide path, a positioning device, arranged on the slide, a machining tool, which is arranged on the positioning device, for applying the fibre composite material, a material store, which is arranged on the slide, for providing the fibre composite material, an energy supply device, which is arranged on the slide and is configured in such a way that the production unit is freely movable along the entire guide path, and a control device, which is arranged on the slide. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11 wherein the material store is coolable. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11 wherein the energy supply device has a first sliding contact, which, to transmit electrical energy, is in contact with a second sliding contact arranged on the guide path. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein the positioning device is configured as a robot and has at least four pivoting axes for the machining tool. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein the positioning device is configured as a robot and has at least five pivoting axes for the machining tool. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein the positioning device is configured as a robot and has at least six pivoting axes for the machining tool. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the production units has a plurality of machining tools, it being possible to replaceably fasten each of the machining tools on the positioning device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein the control device is configured in such a way that data are wirelessly transmittable to the latter by a master control device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) A production system according to claim 11, wherein the control device is configured in such a way that the latter controls the movement of the production unit independently of a master control unit.