Preform station and method
AssigneesAirbus Operations GmbH, Airbus SAS
InventorsPaulin Fideu SIAGAM, Hauke SEEGEL, Claus FASTERT, Bernard DUPRIEU, Axel Siegfried HERRMANN
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Abstract
A preform station for forming a flexible semi-finished product and for transforming a flexible semi-finished product into a geometrically stable preform is provided. The preform station comprises a first pin array having a multitude of pins, on which the semi-finished product can be draped. Furthermore, the pins are movable along their longitudinal directions in order to form the flexible semi-finished product. Furthermore, the preform station comprises an activation device for activating a binder of the semi-finished product such that the semi-finished product can be transformed into the geometrically stable preform.
Claims18
A preform station for draping a flexible semi-finished product and for transforming the flexible semi-finished product into a geometrically stable preform, comprising:
- a first pin array including a plurality of pins, on which the flexible semi-finished product is draped, each pin of the plurality of pins having a longitudinal direction and each pin of the plurality of pins is movable alone the longitudinal direction for forming the flexible semi-finished product;
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- a binder activation system for activating a binder of the flexible semi-finished product when the flexible semi-finished product is draped onto the first pin array, thereby transforming the flexible semi-finished product into the geometrically stable preform.
A method for transforming a flexible semi-finished product into a geometrically stable preform, the method comprising the steps of:
- draping the flexible semi-finished product onto a first pin array of a preform station, the first pin array including a plurality of pins, each pin of the plurality of pins having a longitudinal direction and each pin of the plurality of pins movable along the longitudinal direction for forming the flexible semi-finished product;
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- activating a binder of the semi-finished product with a binder activation system of the preform station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.